Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions v The Country Care Group Pty Ltd (Ruling No 1) [2020] FCA 1670 File number: VID 224 of 2019
Ruling of: BROMWICH J
Date of ruling: 10 November 2020
Catchwords: EVIDENCE – objection to evidence sought to be adduced by prosecution to prove contravention of criminal cartel offence provisions – objection upon the asserted basis of unfair prejudice to references in numerous witness statements to conversations that are reproduced in those statements prefaced with "words to the following effect" or "words to the effect" rather than being presented as a verbatim account of what was said – objection rejected.
Cases cited: Commonwealth of Australia v Riley (1984) 5 FCR 8 LMI Australasia Pty Ltd v Balderstone Hornibrook Pty Ltd [2001] NSWSC 688; 53 NSWLR 31 R v Dubois [2018] QCA 363 R v Noble [2000] QCA 523; [2002] 1 Qd R 432 R v Wright (1985) 19 A Crim R 17
Division: General Division
Registry: Victoria
National Practice Area: Federal Crime and Related Proceedings
Number of paragraphs: 12
Date of hearing: 15 March 2021 - 1 June 2021
Date of submissions on this ruling: 9 November 2020
Counsel for the Prosecutor: R Maidment QC, C Boston, C Exell
Solicitor for the Prosecutor: Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
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