Judicial Profiles
The Hon Justice Lindsay Foster
Federal Court of Australia (4 September 2008 - )
Deputy President of the Austrailan Competitin Tribunal (since 2011)
Additional Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
Relevant qualifications
- LLM (Sydney)
- LLB (Syd)
- BA (Sydney)
- Took silk 1994
- Barrister-at-Law of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (admitted 1981)
- Admitted to practice 1976
- Henry Davis York
- Baker & McKenzie
- General Counsel and Director of Real Estate Acquisitions at McDonald’s Australia (1979-1981)
Relevant judgments
As judge
- ACCC v Pfizer [2018] FCAFC
Appeal re: misuse of market power and exclusive dealing claims
- ACCC v Australian Egg Corporation Ltd
[2017] FCAFC 152
Appeal (appeal dismissed)
As barrister
- Adamson v New South Wales Rugby League Limited (1991 31 FCR 242
- NT Power Generation Pty Ltd v Power and Water Authority (2004) 219 CLR 90
- ACCC v Baxter Healthcare Pty Ltd (2007) 232 CLR 1
Select speeches and publications
- Hon Justice Lindsay Foster, 'Concerted Practices: A Contravention Without a Definition' (Competition Law Conference, Sydney, 5 May 2018)
