Mergers: Cases

See separate merger cases page for further cases and informal clearance decisions.

See also ACCC Mergers Register for informal clearance decisions

Cases relating to current (competition test) provision

Australian Gas Light Company v ACCC (No 3) [2003] FCA 1525

ACCC v Metcash Trading Limited [2011] FCA 967; [2011] FCAFC 151 (appeal)

Arnotts Limited v TPC (1990) ATPR para 41-061; (1990) 97 ALR 555; (1990) 24 FCR 313
Merger - market definition (different types of biscuits)

Davids Holdings v Attorney-General (1994) 49 FCR 211

QIW Retailers Ltd v Davids Holdings (1993) ATPR 41-226
Mergers; Trade Practices Economics

Re QIW Ltd (1995) 132 ALR 225
Merger, Market definition

Re Queensland Co-Op Milling Association Limited and Defiance Holdings Limited (QCMA) (1976) 8 ALR 481
Mergers; Trade Practices Economics

AGL proposed acquisition of Macquarie Generation
Decided 25 June 2014 (authorisation granted)

Sea Swift Pty Ltd proposed acquisition of certain assets of Toll Marine Logistics Australia’s marine freight operations
Authorisation granded on 1 July 2016

Tabcorp Holdings and Tatts Group - proposed merger (ACT 1 of 2017)
Authorisation granted on 20 June 2017 (ACCC applied successfully for judicial review)