NSW Ports defends Crown-immunity shield in Australia's Mayfield antitrust case
By Saloni Sinha ( November 26, 2025, 06:25 GMT | Insight) -- New South Wales Ports has told Australia’s top court, which is set to hear Mayfield Development’s long-running antitrust case, that a legal presumption — that statutes don’t apply to the Crown or its agencies unless clearly said so — shields it from the reach of competition law. However, Mayfield in its recent filings argued that NSW Ports has assumed an “overbroad reading" of the presumption. The word “Crown” is used in Australia to describe the state.New South Wales Ports has told Australia’s top court, which is set to hear Mayfield Development’s long-running antitrust case, that a legal presumption — that statutes don’t apply to the Crown or its agencies unless clearly said so — shields it from the reach of competition law....
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