4th Annual University of South Australia Trade Practices Workshop
20-21 October 2006
The 4th University of South Australia Trade
Practices Workshop, conducted by the CRMA and sponsored by wine
producers Barossa Valley Estate, was held in the Barossa Valley on 20-
21 October 2006.
The Workshop attracted 70 delegates, including local, national and
international competition regulators, lawyers, barristers, economists,
academics and several judges from the Federal Court of Australia.
Andrew Taylor, an Inquiry Director of the United
Kingdom Competition Commission, gave the keynote
presentation on the regulation of mergers in the United Kingdom
For further information, please contact Belinda Spagnoletti.
Day 1 - Friday 20 October
| Opening by The Honourable Justice John Mansfield | |
Session 1 |
Critical economic issues in competition litigation: why are assumptions so problematic? |
Speaker |
Chris Pleatsikas |
Commentator |
Rhonda Smith |
Chair |
David Round |
Session 2 |
The proposed Australian cartel offence: fundamental questions of design and alternative possible solutions |
Speaker |
Brent Fisse |
Commentator |
Philip Williams |
Chair |
Leanne Hanna |
After-dinner speech by The Honourable Justice Roger Gyles AO |
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Day 2 - Saturday 21 October
Session 1 |
UK mergers regulation: institutional responsibilities, investigatory practices and regulatory outcomes |
| Speaker | Andrew Taylor |
| Commentator | The Honourable Justice Alan Goldberg AO |
| Chair | David Round |
Session 2 |
Banking regulation - overkill or balance |
Speakers |
Bob Edgar |
Commentator |
Donald Robertson |
Chair |
Peter Campbell |
Session 3 |
Unconscionable conduct |
Speaker |
The Honourable Justice Paul Finn |
Commentator |
Michael OBryan |
Chair |
Sarah Court |
Session 4 |
Authorisation and public benefit are there any limits? |
Speaker |
The Honourable Justice Robert French |
Commentator |
Scott Gregson |
Chair |
Neville Rochow |
Session 5 |
Hypothetical: measuring market power and predation |
Presenter |
The Honourable Justice James Allsop |