Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Flight Centre Limited [2012] FCA 1161 Citation: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Flight Centre Limited [2012] FCA 1161
Parties: AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION v FLIGHT CENTRE LIMITED ACN 003 377 188
File number: QUD 177 of 2012
Judge: LOGAN J
Date of judgment: 10 October 2012
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – amicus curiae – intervener – distinction between – whether non-lawyer entities may be amicus curiae – whether rules of court are designed comprehensively to deal with applications for intervention by non-lawyer parties – matters taken into account in determining leave to intervene – Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 9.12 Held: leave to appear as amicus curie refused; leave to intervene refused
Legislation: Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Federal Court Rules 1979 (Cth) O6 r 17, O 52 r 14AA Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 9.12
Cases cited: Levy v The State of Victoria (1997) 189 CLR 579 followed Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v iiNet Ltd (2001) 86 ALJR 205 applied Sharman Networks Ltd v Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd (2006) 155 FCR 291 applied
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