High Court finds for ACCC in Flight Centre appeal
The High Court today handed down its decision in the Flight Centre appeal. The five High Court judges produced four different sets of reasons. The majority of four-one (Chief Justice French dissenting) concluded that the ACCC’s appeal ought to be allowed. They reached this conclusion on substantially the same grounds. The ACCC argued that Flight Centre had attempted to induce Singapore Airlines, Malaysia Airlines and Emirates not to discount the tickets they sold directly to customers, that Flight Centre was in competition with those…
