Australia Leading Case anti competitive agreements

ACCC v Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd

(2016) 261 CLR 203

JurisdictionAustralia

CourtHigh Court of Australia

Year2016

StatusBinding authority

Summary

A travel agent reseller and its airline supplier were in a competitive relationship for s.45 CCA 2010 purposes; a reseller can be a competitor of its own supplier.

Key Principle

The HCA held that a travel agent and airline were in a competitive relationship for the purposes of s.45 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010; a reseller can be a competitor of its supplier.

Area of Law

competition

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