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PT Garuda Indonesia Ltd v. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Case No. S248/2016
Case information

Lower Court Judgment

21/03/2016 Federal Court of Australia (Dowsett, Yates, Edelman JJ)

[2016] FCAFC 42

Catchwords

Competition – Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) – Price fixing – s 4E of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) – Meaning of a market “in Australia” – Whether markets for airborne cargo out of Hong Kong, Singapore and Indonesia to ports in Australia were markets “in Australia”.

Short particulars

Documents

14/10/2016 Hearing (SLA, Sydney)

21/10/2016 Notice of appeal

18/11/2016 Written submissions (Appellant)

18/11/2016 Chronology (Appellant)

09/12/2016 Written submissions (Respondent)

21/12/2016 Reply

02/03/2017 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)

03/03/2017 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)

14/06/2017 Judgment (Judgment summary)