Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions v The Country Care Group Pty Ltd (Ruling No 9) [2021] FCA 366 File number: VID 224 of 2019
Ruling of: BROMWICH J
Date of ruling: 15 April 2021
Catchwords: EVIDENCE – objection to evidence sought to be adduced by prosecution to prove contravention of criminal cartel offence provisions upon a primary and an alternative basis – held: objection to primary basis rejected at the time of legal argument; adducing of evidence on alternative basis reserved and now disallowed.
Cases cited: Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions v The Country Care Group Pty Ltd (Ruling No 4) [2020] FCA 1715 Chamberlain v The Queen [No 2] (1984) 153 CLR 521 Country Care Group Pty Ltd v Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions [2020] FCAFC 30; 275 FCR 342 R v Campbell [2008] NSWCCA 214; 73 NSWLR 272 R v Hillier [2007] HCA 13; 228 CLR 618
Division: General Division
Registry: Victoria
National Practice Area: Federal Crime and Related Proceedings
Number of paragraphs: 16
Date of hearing: 15 March 2021 - 1 June 2021
Date of submissions on this ruling: 31 March 2021, 1 April 2021
Counsel for the Prosecutor: O Bigos QC, R Barry, A Muhlebach, S Tatas
Solicitor for the Prosecutor: Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
Counsel for the First Accused: K Morgan SC, P Strickland
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