Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions v The Country Care Group Pty Ltd (Ruling No 10) [2021] FCA 841 File number: VID 224 of 2019
Ruling of: BROMWICH J
Date of ruling: 5 May 2021
Catchwords: EVIDENCE – no case applications by the first and second accused in respect of charges 4 and 5 in the indictment respectively – Court obliged under s 23FH of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) to enter a judgment of acquittal and discharge the accused in relation to the charge if the Court finds the accused has no case to answer in relation to the charge – whether the first and second accused had a case to answer in relation to charges 4 and 5 – held: applications dismissed.
Legislation: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) ss 44ZZRG, 44ZZRS, 45AG, 45AR, 47 Criminal Code (Cth) s 13.3(3), (6) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 23FH
Cases cited: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v CC (NSW) Pty Ltd (1999) 92 FCR 375 Director of Public Prosecutions (Vic) v Iliopoulos (Ruling No 3) [2016] VSC 132 Doney v The Queen (1990) 171 CLR 207 R v A2 [2019] HCA 35; 93 ALJR 1106
Division: General Division
Registry: Victoria
National Practice Area: Federal Crime and Related Proceedings
Number of paragraphs: 40
Date of hearing: 15 March 2021 - 1 June 2021
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