Lower Court Judgment
31/07/2015 Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia (Allsop CJ, Davies J, Wigney J)
Catchwords
Competition – whether appellant travel agent attempted to induce specific airlines to make a contract, arrangement or arrive at an understanding which had the purpose or effect of substantially lessening competition in a market – consideration of relevant market – characterisation of relevant services supplied by airlines and travel agents – whether airlines and travel agents competed in a market for booking and distribution services, or whether the only relevant market was the market for international passenger air travel services – whether travel agents competed with airlines in that market given they were the agent of the airlines when supplying such services – application of ss 45 and 45A of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth).
11/03/2016 Hearing (SLA, Brisbane)
29/03/2016 Notice of appeal
15/04/2016 Written submissions (Appellant)
15/04/2016 Chronology (Appellant)
06/05/2016 Written submissions (Respondent)
12/05/2016 Written submissions (International Air Transport Association as amicus curiae)
19/05/2016 Reply
27/07/2016 Hearing (Full Court, Brisbane)
14/12/2016 Judgment (Judgment summary)