Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Reckitt Benckiser (Australia) Pty Ltd (No 5) [2016] FCA 167 File number: NSD 180 of 2015
Judge: EDELMAN J
Date of judgment: 29 February 2016
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for discovery relating to penalty – discovery seeking documents concerning whether conduct was "deliberate", "systematic", "covert" – extent to which issues of intentional breach need to be pleaded
Legislation: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) ss 18, 33, 224(2) Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 16.02(1)(d), 20.15
Cases cited: Allen v State of New South Wales [2004] NSWSC 1243 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd [2015] FCA 330 Banque Commerciale SA v Akhil Holdings Limited [1990] HCA 11; (1990) 169 CLR 279 Brosnan v Katke [2016] FCAFC 1 Commonwealth of Australia v Director, Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate [2015] HCA 46; (2015) 326 ALR 476 Dare v Pulham [1982] HCA 70; (1982) 148 CLR 658 Forrest v Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2012] HCA 39; (2012) 247 CLR 486 Gray v Motor Accident Commission [1998] HCA 70; (1998) 196 CLR 1 Gould and Birbeck and Bacon v Mount Oxide Mines Ltd (in Liquidation) [1916] HCA 81; (1916) 22 CLR 490 Idoport Pty Ltd v National Australia Bank Ltd [2000] NSWSC 599 Seabrook v Allianz Insurance Limited [2005] QCA 58 Wride v Schulze [2004] FCAFC 216 Young Investments Group Pty Ltd v Mann [2012] FCAFC 107; (2012) 293 ALR 537
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