Hurley v McDonalds Australia Ltd [1999] FCA 466
The ACCC's application to join the proceedings was unsuccessful, consumed the court's time, and accordingly the ACCC should pay the respondent's costs of and incidental to the proceedings that morning.
- Jurisdiction
- Australia
- Judgment Date
- 14 October 1999
- Procedural Posture
- Application / Part Heard, Costs Order Following Unsuccessful Joinder Application
- Outcome
- Application by ACCC unsuccessful; costs order against ACCC
- Legal Topics
- []
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Procedural Posture
Application / Part Heard, Costs Order Following Unsuccessful Joinder Application
Legal Issues
- 1 ['Whether the ACCC should be permitted to join the current proceedings']
Ratio Decidendi
The ACCC's application to join the proceedings was unsuccessful, consumed the court's time, and accordingly the ACCC should pay the respondent's costs of and incidental to the proceedings that morning.
Court Disposition
Application by ACCC unsuccessful; costs order against ACCC
Orders
- ["The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission pay the respondent's costs of and incidental to the proceedings this morning."]
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