Judicial Profiles
The Hon Justice Michael Andrew Wigney
Federal Court of Australia (9 September 2013- )
Relevant qualifications
Bachelor of Economics (Sydney) 1985- Bachelor of Laws (Sydney) 1988
- Master of Laws (Sydney) 1994
- Appointed Senior Council (2007)
- Admitted as solicitor to the Supreme Court 1988
Relevant judgments
ACCC v Colgate-Palmolive Pty Ltd (No 4) [2017] FCA 1590 (22 December 2017)
The Cussons trial (upheld on appeal)
CDPP v Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha
[2017] FCA 876
First criminal cartel case
Flight Centre Limited v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [2015] FCAFC 104
Relevant employment history
Senior Counsel (2007-2013)- Barrister (1993-2007)
- Office of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (legal officer and principal legal officer) (1989-1993)
- Solicitor, Clayton Utz
Other information
- Swearing in of Justice Wigney (alternate AustLII version)
