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$1M penalty against NQ Cranes over cartel agreement gets court’s OK
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-11-23 5:20 pm By Cat Fredenburgh
A judge has approved a $1 million penalty against Queensland crane company NQ Cranes for engaging in a conspiracy with a multinational rival to divide the Brisbane and Newcastle markets.
Crane maker NQCranes agrees to $1M penalty in ACCC’s cartel case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-10-26 11:36 am By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
Queensland crane company NQCranes has agreed to pay a $1 million penalty in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s case alleging it engaged in a conspiracy with a multinational rival to divide the Brisbane and Newcastle markets.
Crane maker NQCranes loses bid to strike out ACCC’s cartel case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-10-20 12:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
Queensland crane company NQCranes has lost its bid to strike out the bulk of the ACCC’s amended case alleging it engaged in a conspiracy with a multinational rival to divide the Brisbane and Newcastle markets.
Crane maker NQCranes blasts ACCC’s ‘bizarre’ new claims in cartel case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-07-26 5:26 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne
Queensland crane company NQCranes wants to strike out the bulk of the ACCC's amended case alleging a conspiracy with a multinational rival to divide the Brisbane and Newcastle markets, saying there was no evidence of the regulator's new allegations of a second cartel agreement.
ACCC’s cartel case against crane company incoherent, court told
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-03-01 1:31 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen Melbourne
The ACCC's cartel case against family-owned crane company NQCranes suffers from 'incoherence', the company's counsel told the Federal Court on Monday ahead of an application to strike out a large portion of the regulator's case.
ACCC’s conduct in cartel case ‘troubling’, says lawyer for NQCranes
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-02-15 2:31 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne
Counsel for Queensland-based NQCranes has lashed out at the ACCC for seeking to amend its cartel action against the crane company, telling a court the regulator had been warned for months that the case was deficient.