Federal Court of Australia

Qualifications

BEc
LLB
LLM

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Federal Court

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Economics (Sydney) 1985

• Bachelor of Laws (Sydney) 1988

• Master of Laws (Sydney) 1994

• Appointed Senior Council (2007)

• Admitted as solicitor to the Supreme Court 1988

Relevant work history

• Senior Counsel (2007-2013)

• Barrister (1993-2007)

• Office of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (legal officer and principal legal officer) (1989-1993)

• Solicitor, Clayton Utz

Relevant judgments

See also cases database (Wigney)

• BlueScope Steel Limited v ACCC [2025] FCAFC 118

• J Hutchinson Pty Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [2024] FCAFC 18

• CDPP v Aussie Skips Bin Services Pty Ltd; Aussie Skips Recycling Pty Ltd; Roussakis [2024] FCA 122

• CDPP v Bingo Industries Pty Ltd; CDPP v Tartak [2024] FCA 121

• CDPP v Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean AS [2021] FCA 52

• CDPP v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd [2019] FCA 1170

• ACCC v Colgate-Palmolive Pty Ltd (No 4) [2017] FCA 1590 (22 December 2017)
  The Cussons trial (upheld on appeal)

• CDPP v Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha [2017] FCA 876
  First criminal cartel case

• Flight Centre Limited v ACCC [2015] FCAFC 104

• ACCC v ANZ Ltd [2015] FCAFC 10

More information

• Swearing in of Justice Wigney (alternate AustLII version)