‘I’m getting awful close to ending my life’: Magistrate despairs as ANZ cartel hearing blows out

Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-12-12 7:49 pm By Miklos Bolza | Sydney

A committal hearing in the ANZ cartel case may run a further nine days next year due to ongoing arguments about subpoenas and privilege, which have derailed five planned days of cross-examination of key witnesses and led a Local Court Magistrate to proclaim she was “awful close” to ending her life.