A R Poynter v The Commerce Commission - SC 32/2009

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Summary

Civil – Commerce Act – Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that s 4 is not an exhaustive statement of the circumstances in which the provisions of the Act apply to overseas conduct – Whether the Court of Appeal was wrong to find that the conduct of another foreign resident who acted in New Zealand could be attributed to the Appellant so as to treat the Appellant as having acted within New Zealand through that other person – Whether the Court of Appeal wrongly imported the jurisdictional reach of conspiracy in s 310 of the Crimes Act 1961 into s 80(1)(f) of the Act.[2009] NZCA 84  CA 257/2007

Result

Application for leave to appeal granted.
16 June  2009

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Hearing date : 17 November 2009

Elias CJ, Blanchard, Tipping, McGrath and Wilson JJ.