The Commerce Commission has started High Court proceedings against a Christchurch container business over its alleged attempt at price fixing with a competitor. Specialised Container Services (Christchurch) Ltd operates a container depot on Mowbray St in Waltham. Vehicle booking systems are used by some container depot operators to facilitate the booking of time slots for delivery and collection of containers at the depots. Container depot operators sometimes charge a fee for any bookings made. The conduct was allegedly an attempt to enter into a price fixing agreement with its competitor in breach of the Commerce Act.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 05, 2019 22:07 UTC