Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Productivity Partners Pty Ltd (trading as Captain Cook College) (No 1) [2020] FCA 845 File number: NSD 2059 of 2018
Judge: STEWART J
Date of judgment: 15 June 2020
Catchwords: EVIDENCE – expert opinion evidence – objection to expert opinion evidence as inadmissible – whether the opinions expressed in the expert report are relevant to any fact in issue – whether the expert brought identified specialised knowledge to bear in formulating opinion – whether process of reasoning disclosed
Legislation: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), Sch 2, Australian Consumer Law, s 21 Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) ss 55, 76, 79
Cases cited: ACCC v Australian Institute of Professional Education Pty Ltd (in liq) (No 3) [2019] FCA 1982 ACCC v Unique International College Pty Ltd [2017] FCA 727 Dasreef Pty Ltd v Hawchar [2011] HCA 21; 243 CLR 588 HG v The Queen [1999] HCA 2; 197 CLR 414 Honeysett v The Queen [2014] HCA 29; 253 CLR 122 Makita (Australia) Pty Ltd v Sprowles [2001] NSWCA 305; 52 NSWLR 705
Date of hearing: 12 June 2020
Registry: New South Wales
Division: General Division
National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations
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