Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria v Domain Register Pty Ltd (No 2) [2018] FCA 2008 File number: VID 328 of 2015
Judge: MURPHY J
Date of judgment: 13 December 2018
Catchwords: CONSUMER LAW – penalty hearing – contraventions of s 18 of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) – injunctive relief, non-party consumer redress orders and publication orders – whether appropriate to make non-party consumer redress order under s 239 of ACL – not necessary to individually identify which persons are non-party consumers or the nature of loss or damage suffered – non-party consumer redress orders made
Legislation: Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No 1) 2010 (Cth) Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No 2) 2010 (Cth) Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012 (Vic)
Cases cited: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Clinica Internationale Pty Ltd (No 2) [2016] FCA 62 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Lifestyle Photographers Pty Ltd [2016] FCA 1538 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Real Estate Institute of Western Australia Inc (1999) 95 FCR 114; [1999] FCA 1387 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Reebok Australia Pty Ltd [2015] FCA 83 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v TPG Internet Pty Ltd (No 2) [2012] FCA 629 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Yellow Page Marketing BV (No 2) (2011) 195 FCR 1; [2011] FCA 352 Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria v Domain Register Pty Ltd [2017] FCA 1603 ICI Australia Operations Pty Ltd v TPC (1992) 38 FCR 248 ICI Australia Operations Pty Ltd v Fraser (1992) 34 FCR 564 Re Australian Federation of Construction Contractors; Ex parte Billing (1986) 68 ALR 416 Swishette Pty Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (2017) 249 FCR 483; [2017] FCAFC 45 Truth About Motorways Pty Ltd v Macquarie Infrastructure Investment Management Ltd (2000) 200 CLR 591; [2000] HCA 11
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