Nw Frozen Foods Proprietary Ltd v Accc
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Neutral Citation | 1996-1220 FCA D |
| Date | 1996 |
| Court | Federal Court |
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4 firm's commentaries
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Known unknowns: ACCC v Uber reflects the risks that can arise when negotiating penalties with regulators
...1 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Uber B.V. [2022] FCA 1466 (ACCC v Uber). 2 See e.g. NW Frozen Foods Pty Ltd v ACCC, 71 FCR 285; 141 ALR 3 Trade Practices Commission v CSR Ltd [1990] FCA 762. 4 ACCC v Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft [2019] FCA 2166, 87 [273]. 5 ACCC v Ashton......
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Where to now for negotiated settlements in litigation?
...The usual practice in Australia is for courts to endorse an agreed penalty. The Full Court in NW Frozen Foods Pty Limited v ACCC [1996] FCA 1134 recognised the important public policy rationale behind the When corporations acknowledge contraventions of law, very lengthy and complex litigati......
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High Court restores the status quo concerning agreed civil penalties
...Work Building Industry Inspectorate [2015] HCA 46, [50]. 5 NW Frozen Foods Pty Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (1996) 71 FCR 285 (NW Frozen 6 Minister for Industry, Tourism & Resources v Mobil Oil Australia Pty Ltd (2004) ATPR ¶41-993 (Mobil Oil). 7Fair Work Buildin......
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Where to now for agreed civil penalty outcomes following the CFMEU and BARBARO decisions?
...for contraventions of the Australian Consumer Law. 7 As set out in ASIC's Information Sheet 172 Cooperating with ASIC ( INFO 172) 8 (1996) 71 FCR 285. 9 [2004] FCAFC 10 For example, Middleton J in ACCC v Energy Australia Pty Ltd [2014] FCA 336, where his Honour did not consider that Barbaro......