Judge overstepped in accepting Pacific National undertaking, ACCC tells appeals court

Competition & Consumer Protection 2020-02-17 4:30 pm By Christine Caulfield | Melbourne

The judge who dismissed the ACCC’s challenge to Pacific National’s acquisition of Aurizon’s Acacia Ridge Terminal in Queensland had no power to accept an undertaking by the rail operator as an answer to the competition regulator’s case, an appeals court has been told.