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Current Australian competition casesCurrent cases and recent decisions (where ACCC, ACT or CDPP is a party) and select private actions
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Federal Law Search
Further details on current cases can be found from the Federal Law Search website
First instance (public cases: civil)
ACCC v NSW Ports Operations Hold Co Pty Ltd
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| Applicant | ACCC |
| Respondents | NSW Ports Operations Hold Co Pty Ltd ('NSW Ports') Port Botony Operations Pty Ltd (subsidiary or NSW Ports) Port Kembla Operations Pty Ltd (subsidiary or NSW Ports) |
| Filing date | 10 December 2018 |
| Docket | Justice Jagot |
| Claims | Anti-competitive agreement (purpose and effect) |
| Status | Hearing listed for 12 October - 18 December 2020 Next case management hearing listed: 19 November 2019 |
| Case page | See NSW Ports case page for further details |
Ramsay Health Care
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| Applicant | ACCC |
| Respondents | Ramsay Health Care Australia Pty Ltd |
| Filing date | 1 May 2017 |
| Registry | NSW |
| Docket | Justice Griffiths |
| Claims | Misuse of Market Power and Exclusive Dealing |
| Hearing | Hearing listed for 2-13 December 2019 |
| Case page | Ramsay Health Care case page for further details |
First instance (public cases: criminal)
CDPP v ANZ, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup and others
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| Prosecutor | Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions |
| Accused | Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd Citigroup Global Markets Australia Pty Ltd Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft John McLean Itay Tuchman Stephen Roberts Michael Ormaechea Michael Richardson Rick Moscati |
| Court | Originally listed for Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney on 3 July 2018 |
| More | See CDPP v ANZ & Ors case page for further details |
CDPP v CFMMEU
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| Prosecutor | Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions |
| Accused | Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU) Jason O'Mara (ACT Divisional Branch Secretary of CFMMEU) |
| Next hearing | ACT Magistrates - August 2019. |
| Claim | Cartel conduct - alleged attempted to induce 'suppliers of steelfixing services and scaffolding services to reach cartel contracts, arrangements or understandings containing cartel provisions in relation to services provided to builders in the ACT in 2012 to 2013'. |
| More | See CDPP v CFMMEU case page for further details |
CDPP v The Country Care Group and its managers
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| Prosecutor | Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions |
| Accused | The County Care Group Robert Hogan (Managing Director) Cameron Harrison (Former employee) |
| Court | Originated Magistrates' Court On 13 March 2019, committed to trail in Federal Court |
| Federal Court filing date | 14 March 2019 |
| Next listing | Second case management hearing listed for 9:30am on 2 July 2019 |
| Trial | Listed to commence on 14 October 2019 with estimated duration of 6 weeks (currently listed until 10:15) |
| Docket | Justice Bromwich |
| Details | See Country Care case page for more details |
CDPP v Vina Money Transfer Pty Ltd & Ors
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| Prosecutor | Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions |
| Accused | Vina Money Transfer Pty Ltd Five individuals |
| Filed | 11 April 2019 |
| Court | Melbourne Magistrates' Court |
| Committal | Committal mention set for 18 July 2019 at 10am |
| Details | See my Vina Money case page for more details |
Appeal
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| Appellant | ACCC |
| Respondent | Pacific National Pty Limited |
| Filed | 26 June 2019 |
| Court | Federal Court of Australia (Victorian Registry) |
| Next event | TBA |
| Appeal from | ACCC v Pacific National Pty Limited (No 2) [2019] FCA 669 (15 May 2019) |
| Details | See my Pacific National appeal case page for more details |
Special leave applications
None pending
Penalty decisions pending
None pending
Judgment reserved
Vodafone v ACCC
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| Applicant | Vodafone Hutchison Australia Pty Limited |
| Respondents | ACCC / TPG |
| Filing date | 24 May 2019 |
| Docket | Justice Middleton |
| Registry | New South Wales |
| Issue | Mergers |
| Hearing | 10 September 2019 - 1 October 2019 (Judgment reserved; expected Feb 2020 or later) |
| Case page | See Vodafone case page for further details |
First instance (private claims)
B&K Holdings (Qld) Pty Ltd v Garmin Australasia Pty Ltd
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| Applicant | B&K Holdings (Qld) Pty Ltd |
| Respondent | Garmin Australasia Pty Ltd |
| Filing date | 8 February 2018 ( QUD 66/2018) |
| Judge | Justice Derrington |
| Hearing | 9-20 March 2020 |
| Claims | Misuse of market power - predatory pricing - exclusive dealing - misleading or deceptive conduct |
| Summary judgment | Application dismissed 7 February 2019 |
| Notes | See my B&K Holdings case page for further details |
Dialogue Consulting Pty Ltd v Instagram, Inc & Ors
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| Applicant | Dialogue Consulting Pty Ltd |
| Respondents | Instagram Inc Facebook Inc Facebook Ireland Limited Instagram LLC |
| Filing date | 11 April 2019 ( VID369/2019) |
| Judge | Justice Beach |
| Next event | Case management hearing on 15 November 2019 |
| Claims | TBC - Unconscionable conduct - misuse of market power |
| More | See my Dialogue v Instagram page for further details |
J Wisbey & Associates Pty Ltd v UBS AG & Ors
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| Applicant | J Wisbey & Associates Pty Ltd |
Respondents
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UBS AG (ABN 47088129613) |
| Filing date | 27 May 2019 ( VID567/2019) |
| Docket | Justice Beach |
| Hearing | Next Case Management Hearing: 14 November 2019 at 9:30am |
| Claims | Cartel conduct (class action) |
| Notes | See my J Wisbey case page for further details |