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1 case
4 Mar 2026 Aramex New Zealand Holdings LimitedAramex: 700,000 NZD for customer allocation in a reseller agreement €355,800
In 2021 the courier company concluded an agreement with a competitor acting as reseller that allocated customers and fixed prices, and gave effect to the non-compete clause on one occasion; the wording had been copied from an older Fastway template. In civil proceedings brought by the Commerce Commission (ComCom, New Zealand's competition authority), the High Court on 4 March 2026 approved the jointly proposed penalty, allegedly of 700,000 NZD (starting point 1 million NZD, 30% reduction).
Contract templates should be reviewed regularly for competition law risks before they are copied for new partners.
Competition law review of contract templates
- Authority / court
- High Court Auckland (Klage: Commerce Commission)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Commerce Act 1986, s 30
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
- Culpability
- negligent
- Repeat case
- no
- Mitigating circumstances
- No previous warnings or contraventions, voluntary provision of documents and interviews, early admission and remorse, new agreements without the clause and a new competition law compliance programme in New Zealand and Australia.
- Liability of senior managers
- The agreement was prepared from a template by the national sales manager; a more senior employee signed it without reviewing its content.
- Published
- 4 Mar 2026
Original amount 700,000 NZD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 4 Mar 2026.
- Commerce Commission v Aramex New Zealand Holdings Limited [2026] NZHC 444, Judgment 4 March 2026 Court decision
- Commerce Commission: Couriers ordered to pay $1.225 million after investigation into cartel conduct (04.03.2026) Press release of an authority
- Commerce Commission, Case register: Aramex New Zealand Holdings Limited (PRJ0045982) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link