ACCC action re cancelled Qantas flights

[Quickstatus]

That could have racked up quite quickly, easily eclipsing $120M

Well, you can make the sky the limit, but remember the ACCC can only ask for a fine, they can litigate it before the Court but the ACCC has no power to impose the fine. In the end it has to be signed off by the Federal Court. The Court is not going to allow a fine which puts the company at risk of bankruptcy as it would be manifestly excessive. Its a pecuniary penalty in a civil matter - a fine, not a measure to damage the airline

 

[Captain Halliday]

In the context of this discussion I thought the precedent set in this High Court ruling was interesting.

High Court ruling might mean corporate executives face 'lower bar' for prosecutions, and more of them

The article uses the Banking Royal Commission as an example and infers that in similar circumstances, this precedent might see executives prosecuted individually.

When reading it far more recent examples sprang to mind.