Carlton & United Breweries (NSW) Pty Ltd v Bond Brewing NSW Ltd & Ors [1987] FCA 640
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TRADE PRACTICES - application for leave to appeal from decision
refusing interlocutory injunctions - Brewer having substantial
degree of power in licensed hotels market and also 1n beer
markets - whether threat to exercise power in first market to
damage competitor in beer market by improper influence over
brewer's tenants constituted breach of s.46 of Trade Practices
Act - whether agreement proposed to be implemented would
substantially lessen competition in the New South Wales
wholesale beer market - claims made on guia timet basis -
whether any serious question to be tried - balance of
convenience - discretionary considerations in granting interim
relief - undue delay in instituting proceedings.
Trade Practices Act 1974, ss. 45,46.
CARLTON AND UNITED BREWERIES (N.S.W.) PTY. LIMITED v. BOND
BREWING NEW SOUTH WALES LTD, TOOTH & CO. LIMITED and BOND
BREWING QUEENSLAND LTD.
NO. G.494 OF 1987.
BOWEN C.J.
BEAUMONT J.
FOSTER J.
19 November 1987.
SYDNEY.
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IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY No.G494 of 1987
GENERAL DIVISION
APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL FROM A DECISION OF
A SINGLE JUDGE OF THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
BETWEEN: CARLTON AND UNITED
BREWERIES (N.S.W.) PTY.
LIMITED
Applicant
AND: BOND BREWING NEW SOUTH
WALES LTD,
TOOTH & CO. LIMITED
and BOND BREWING QUEENSLAND
LID.
Respondents
CORAM: BOWEN C.J., BEAUMONT AND FOSTER JJ
PLACE: '° SYDNEY
DATE: 19 November 1987
MINUTE OF ORDERS
THE COURT ORDERS THAT:
The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of Wilcox J
delivered on 19 October 1987 be refused with costs.
Settlement and entry of Orders is dealt with in 0.36
of the Rules of Court.
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IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY No.G494 of 1987
GENERAL DIVISION
APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL FROM A DECISION OF A SINGLE
JUDGE OF THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
BETWEEN: CARLTON AND UNITED
BREWERIES (N.S.W.) PTY.
LIMITED
Applicant
AND: BOND BREWING NEW SOUTH
WALES LTD,
TOOTH & CO. LIMITED
and BOND BREWING QUEENSLAND
LTD.
Respondents
CORAM: BOWEN C.J., BEAUMONT AND FOSTER JJ
PLACE: SYDNEY
DATE: 19 November 1987
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT
THE COURT: This 1S an application for leave to appeal
against the refusal by Wilcox J. to grant interlocutory
injunctions in proceedings recently commenced in the Court
under Part IV of the Trade Practices Act 1974 ("the Act"). In
the principal proceedings, the applicant, Carlton and United
Breweries (N.S.W.) Pty. Ltd. ("CUB (NSW)"), alleges
contraventions of ss.45 and 46 of the Act by the respondents.
The respondents are Bond Brewing New South Wales Ltd.,
formerly Tooheys Ltd. ("Tooheys"), Tooth & Co. Ltd. ("Tooth")
and Bond Brewing Queensland Ltd., formerly Castlemaine Tooheys
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Ltd. In those proceedings, CUB (NSW) alleges that the
respondents have engaged in unlawful "monopolization" (misuse
of market power) of the New South Wales market in licensed
hotels contrary to the provisions of s.46; alternatively, CUB
(NSW) claims that the respondents have entered into, and
propose to implement, an agreement contrary to the provisions
of s.45.
On 6 May 1985, Tooth and Tooheys entered into the
agreement ("the 1985 agreement") called in question in these
proceedings. Under the 1985 agreement, Tooth agreed to grant
Tooheys concurrent leases in respect of 248 hotels owned by
Tooth and leased to hoteliers who conducted their businesses
on the hotel premises. Tooheys was also granted periodic
tenancies of 12 other hotels owned and managed by Tooth.
On 8 May 1985, CUB (Nsw) and Carlton and United
Breweries Limited ("CUB"), the parent of CUB (NSW), instituted
proceedings in the Supreme Court of New South Wales against
Tooth and Tooheys claiming that the making of the 1985
agreement was in breach of contracts made between Tooth and
CUB and CUB (NSW) in August 1983 ("the 1983 contracts").
Under the 1983 contracts, the brewing business formerly
carried on by Tooth was acquired by CUB and CUB (NSW) and
Tooth's right to sell its hotels was restricted. CUB and CUB
(NSW) sought in the Supreme Court and obtained, interim
injunctions restraining, until the final hearing of their
suit, the implementation of the 1985 agreement. At first
instance, CUB and CUB (NSW) were successful. In August 1986,
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Young J. found that the 1985 agreement was in breach of an
implied term of the 1983 contracts and held that CUB and CUB
(NSW) were entitled to appropriate equitable relief. There
was no claim raised by the plaintiffs in those proceedings
that Tooth or Tooheys had contravened Part IV of the Act.
Proceedings on such a claim could not have been instituted by
CUB or CUB (NSW) in the Supreme Court (see s.86 of the Act).
It may be noted that a defence filed in the Supreme Court
raised a defence of illegality based on the Act (see Carlton
and United Breweries Ltd. v. Castlemaine Tooheys Ltd.(1986) 66
A.L.R. 347). However, this defence was not pursued at the
final hearing. Young J. granted final injunctions restraining
permanently the implementation of the 1985 agreement.
The unsuccessful parties appealed to the Court of
Appeal of the Supreme Court. In July 1987, the Court of
Appeal allowed the appeal. The injunctions granted by Young
J. were set aside but the Court of Appeal granted a stay of
its orders until 27 July 1987. By consent of all parties, the
stay was extended to 4 August 1987. On that day, CUB and CUB
(NSW) applied for a continuation of the stay pending the
determination of their application to the High Court of
Australia for special leave to appeal. Over the opposition of
Tooheys, the Court of Appeal continued the stay.
On 16 October 1987, the High Court refused leave to
appeal. Later that day, CUB (NSW) commenced these
proceedings. On 19 October 1987, Wilcox J. heard and
determined the claim for interim relief which is the subject
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of the present application for leave to appeal. His Honour
held that there was no serious question to be tried on any of
the claims made in the proceedings and dismissed the
application for interlocutory injunctions.
In support of the present application, it is
submitted on behalf of CUB (NSW) that Wilcox J. should have
found that there was a serious question to be tried, that the
balance of convenience favoured CUB (NSW) and that appropriate
interim restraints should have been imposed on the conduct of
Tooth and Tooheys. It is submitted by CUB (NSW) that an
appellate court will interfere where an error of principle has
occurred and failure to correct such an error will work an
injustice (see Adam P. Brown Male Fashions Pty. Ltd. v.
Philip Morris Inc. (1981) 148 C.L.R. 170; Epitoma Pty. Ltd.
v. Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union (1984) 54
A.L.R. 730). It is said that the primary Judge erred in
principle in a number of respects. It 1s claimed, inter alia,
that the primary Judge failed to deal with one of the
principal contentions advanced on behalf of CUB (NSW).
Before the primary Judge and before us, CUB (NSW)
relied primarily on s.46 of the Act. In its present form (it
was amended on 13 May 1986, with effect from 1 June 1986), it
provides:
"46.(1) A corporation that has a substantial
degree of power in a market shall not take
advantage of that power for the purpose of -
(a) eliminating or substantially damaging a
competitor of the corporation or of a
body corporate that is related to the
corporation in that or any other market;
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(b) preventing the entry of a person into
that or any other market; or
(c) deterring or preventing a person from
engaging in competitive conduct in that
or any other market.
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(3) In determining for the purposes of this
section the degree of power that a body corporate
or bodies corporate has or have in a market, the
Court shall have regard to the extent to which the
conduct of the body corporate or of any of those
bodies corporate in that market 1s constrained by
the conduct of -
(a) competitors, or potential competitors, of
the body corporate or of any of those
bodies corporate in that market; or
(b) persons to whom or from whom the body
corporate or any of those bodies
corporate supplies or acquires goods or
services in that market.
(4) In this section -
(a) a reference to power is a reference to
market power;
(b) a reference to a market 1S a reference to
a market for goods or services; and
(c) a reference to power in relation to, or
to conduct in, a market is a reference to
power, or to conduct, in that market
either as a supplier or as an acquirer of
goods or services in that market.
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Wilcox J. considered the claim that s.46 had been
contravened by reference to 1ts form at the time of entry into
the 1985 agreement. As has been noted, s.46 was amended in
1986. A number of significant amendments were then
introduced. For instance, in its form before the 1986
amendments, s.46(1) applied to a corporation "in a position
substantially to control a market for goods or services."
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From 1 June 1986, the section applied to a corporation that
"has a substantial degree of power in a market". In each case
what was or is prohibited is the taking advantage of that
power for any of the specified purposes.
Wilcox J. said that there was evidence that each of
Tooth and Tooheys was in a position substantially to control
the market for leases of hotels. If it were relevant there
was evidence, his Honour said, that Tooheys was, as at May
1985, in a position substantially to control the market for
wholesale beer. The primary Judge also said that there was
evidence that Tooheys had the purpose of substantially
damaging CUB (NSW) and of preventing it from engaging in
competitive conduct, whether in the hotel lease market or the
New South Wales wholesale beer market. However, Wilcox J.
held that by entering into the 1985 agreement, neither Tooth
nor Tooheys took advantage of any power held by either of them
in relation to the market. His Honour said that from Tooth's
point of view, the arrangement was "simply an advantageous
commercial dealing". From Toohey's point of view -
",..the position was that this company desired to
obtain control of the Tooth hotels. But its means
of doing so was to provide cash benefits now, and
in the future, and to transfer to Tooth [a] wine
distribution company. I do not see Tooheys'
position as being any different from that of any
other company, having no existing involvement in
the hotel market in New South Wales, but being
perhaps a manufacturer of beer elsewhere in
Australia or even overseas, which might decide to
come into the New South Wales hotel market and to
purchase leases of hotels in order that it might
better influence licensees to sell its beer. It
seems to me that, in the present case, a critical
element in s.46 is lacking."
It 1S now submitted by CUB (NSW) that his Honour
failed to address its real argument. That argument, involving
two different markets, is as follows: (1) Upon conclusion
of the 1985 agreement, Tooheys will have a substantial degree
of power in the New South Wales hotel market; (2) Tooheys
proposes to take advantage of that power by using improper
"influence" over its tenants for purposes which include a
purpose of substantially damaging CUB (NSW) and a purpose of
deterring or preventing CUB (NSW) from engaging in competitive
conduct in the New South Wales beer market.
It will be remembered that s.46(1)(a) can apply where
a corporation having a substantial degree of power in a
market, takes advantage of that market power for the purpose
of damaging a competitor of that corporation in that market or
any other market. Central to the case sought to be made by
CUB (NSW) is the influence claimed to have been exerted or
likely to be exerted by Tooheys over its tenants, or its
prospective tenants. This influence is described by CUB (NSW)
in its statement of claim as follows:
'(a) the community of interest between a
brewer "landlord" and his hotel licensee
tenant;
(b) the power to renew or fail to renew a
periodic tenancy or a lease;
(c) the power to adjust rent by reference,
inter alia, to the extent to which:
(x) the lessee has acquired or agreed to
acquire the landlord's products;
(y) the lessee has acquired or agreed to
acquire competing products which are
competitive with the landlord's
products;
{(d) the power to determine the nature and
extent of any signage affixed on or about
the lessee's hotel premises;
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(e) the power to provide or inhibit the
provision of finance to the lessee to
assist in the acquisition, conduct or
development of its business;
(f£) the power to approve, assist or hinder
any capital improvements to the hotel
premises the subject of the lease;
(g) the power to control the manner and
extent to which maintenance of the said
hotel premises is undertaken;
(h) the power to influence the ability of the
lessee to sell the business 1t conducts
at the hotel with or without' the
goodwill;
(1) the power to determine whether to sell
the freehold to the hotel premises to the
tenant;
(collectively "the tools of influence");'
The primary relief now sought by CUB (NSW) in its
claim under s.46(1)(a) is not directed at the conclusion of
the 1985 agreement. What 1t seeks to restrain, both pending a
final hearing and permanently, is the exertion by Tooheys of
improper influence over the tenants of Tooth's hotels. It is
this apprehended conduct of Tooheys in the hotel market which,
CUB (NSW) claims, will be engaged in for the purpose of
damaging CUB (NSW) in the beer market. The injunction
primarily sought by CUB (NSW) is as follows:
"A, An Order restraining [Tooheys] whether by
itself, its servants or agents or
howsoever otherwise from directly or
indirectly inducing or attempting to
induce any lessees of the [Tooth]
hotels... not to acquire [CUB (NSW)]'s
products or to reduce their acquisition
of [CUB (NSW)]'s products by threats,
promises or representations that, or to
the effect that, any failure to so act
will result in them suffering detriment
by reason of the exercise of any of the
rights, powers or privileges which may be
gained or exercised by [Tooheys] under by
reason of or as a consequence of the May
1985 Agreements...."
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Wilcox J. does not appear to have dealt with this
particular argument, assuming it was put to him. His Honour
approached the matter on the footing that CUB (NSW)'s
complaint under s.46 was fTooheys' entry into the 1985
agreement. It 1s true that CUB (NSW) then sought, and still
seeks, in the alternative, to restrain the conclusion of the
1985 agreement. But its principal claim, at least before us,
was based on its allegation that upon becoming concurrent
lessor, Tooheys would exert improper influence over its
tenants and would thus damage CUB (NSW) in the beer market.
It is this charge of improper influence upon which CUB (NSW)
relies to mount its claim under s.46(1){(a).
It is not easy for us to determine from the
transcript of the proceedings before Wilcox J. whether this
particular argument was put to his Honour. But, for reasons
which will appear, it is not necessary for us to decide
whether it was or not. In our opinion, even 1f£ it be assumed
in favour of CUB (NSW) that a "serious" question of fact or
law arises under s.46(1)(a), leave to appeal should not be
granted on this aspect of the application for interlocutory
relief for discretionary reasons. In other words, assuming,
without deciding, that CUB (NSW) could demonstrate that a
"serious" question, of fact or law or both, arises on the s.46
claim, the question of the balance of convenience remains; and
no useful purpose would be served in granting leave to appeal
on the question whether Wilcox J. erred in holding that no
serious question arose, if, as a matter of discretion, an
interlocutory injunction should be refused in any event. We
propose to go to that discretionary question now.
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The grant of injunctive relief, interim or final, is,
of course, discretionary. Delay by an applicant in
instituting or in prosecuting a claim for an injunction may be
a ground for refusing relief, even at a final hearing. Where
an interim aunjunction is sought on the basis that' the
applicant need show only a "serious" question of fact or of
law, delay in seeking that relief is an important
discretionary consideration (see Meagher, Gummow and Lehane,
Equity - Doctrines and Remedies, 2nd ed., para. 3606, p.758).
Although delay is a traditional equitable defence to the grant
of any injunction, in proceedings under the Act, the public
interest may also have to be taken into account (see, for
example, World Series Cricket Pty. Ltd. v. Parish (1977) 16
A.L.R. 181 per Bowen C.J. at pp.189-90; R v. Judges of the
Federal Court of Australia and McDowell Pacific Ltd.; Ex
parte Pilkington A.C.I. (Operations) Pty. Ltd. (1978) 142
C.L.R. 113 per Mason J. at p.128; Taperell, Vermeesch and
Harland, Trade Practices and Consumer Protection, 3rd ed. at
p.119). There is, of course, a public interest in promoting
competition in the market place. But it would not seem that
this aspect of the public interest would be placed in jeopardy
if interim relief were now to be refused. It is common ground
that the parties compete vigorously in the beer market.
Moreover, this is essentially private litigation between two
major brewers where the subject matter of their dispute is
approximately one per cent of the State beer market.
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In our opinion, CUB (NSW)'s delay in bringing these
proceedings is, of itself, a sufficient reason for declining
to grant an interlocutory injunction. Put differently, the
failure by CUB (NSW), without reasonable excuse, to institute
this action with some measure of expedition is, we think, a
decisive factor against the grant of the urgent, interim
relief now sought.
True it ais that CUB (NSW) proffers the usual
undertaking as to damages as a condition of the grant of
interlocutory relief. But, for reasons which we will give,
this undertaking may not adequately compensate Tooheys for the
prejudice that 1t would suffer if restricted in its activities
in the manner contemplated in the relief (order A) now sought.
It may also be accepted that the Supreme Court injunction
restraining Tooth and Tooheys from implementing the 1985
agreement was in force until recently. Yet this does not
properly excuse CUB (NSW) from its failure to act on its
claims under the Act until after the High Court had refused 1t
leave to appeal in the other litigation: the Supreme Court
proceedings involved quite different issues and, in any event,
CUB (NSW) was not there seeking to restrain the improper
influence now alleged against Tooheys (see Carlton & United
Breweries Ltd. v. Tooth & Co. Ltd. (1986) 7 IPR 581 at
pp.593-4; p.637).
Assuming 1n CUB (NSW)'s favour, as we will, that we
should look at the question of discretion de novo, that is to
say, as 1f the discretion to grant interim relief were ours
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(see Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v. Peko Wallsend Ltd.
(1985) 66 A.L.R. 299 at pp.314-5), the practical impact of the
grant of interim relief at this stage should be considered. In
thas connection, it 1s important first to estimate the period
over which the "interim" restraint would operate. It would
seem probable that, if now granted, an interlocutory
injunction (or its equivalent in the form of stays in the
event of appeal) could remain in force for as long as two
years. The present litigation, on any view, is complex. At
the heart of 1t lies an investigation of two markets - the New
South Wales hotel and wholesale beer markets. It is plain
that, even if expedited, the final hearing could not take
place in less than three months from now. A realistic
estimate of the time required by all parties to prepare
properly for a final hearing, bearing in mind that, most, 1f
not all, parties will probably call expert evidence, is at
least six months. Moreover, it may be expected that the
final hearing would occupy at least 4 weeks. The trial judge
would probably reserve his decision. During all this time,
the interim injunction now sought would run. Let it then be
assumed that the trial judge were to dismiss the claim for
final relief and to dissolve the interim injunction. It is
likely that CUB (NSW) would then appeal to a Full Court. The
appeal could probably not be ready to be heard within a
further six months. It is likely that, pending the hearing of
the appeal, CUB (NSW) would seek a stay of the order
dissolving the interim injunction. If the appeal failed, an
application for leave to appeal to the High Court is likely,
together with an application to stay further the order
dissolving the interlocutory injunction.
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Secondly, the scope of the interim injunction should
be considered. If interim relief were now granted restraining
Tooheys in the terms or to the effect of order A, it 1s
difficult to imagine how, under such a_e wide-ranging
restriction, Tooheys could safely communicate with its tenants
at all about the products of CUB (NSW). Certainly, Tooheys
would be at risk of contempt proceedings in any attempt to
promote its own products with its tenants: the "threats,
promises or representations" in the order sought could be
implied as well as express.
On these assumptions, which we think may reasonably
be made, Tooheys would be subjected to a_ substantial
prohibition restricting it in its dealings with its tenants
for a significant period.
To be weighed against this prejudice is the
undertaking as to damages. Often this will prevent injustice
being done at the interlocutory stage. But the undertaking
may not adequately compensate Tooheys if order A were now made
as an interim injunction. If successful at the final hearing,
Tooheys would have to demonstrate the necessary causal
connection between the restraint and any loss of custom (see
Air Express Ltd. v. Ansett Transport Industries (Operations)
Pty. Limited (1981) 146 C.L.R. 249). To demonstrate this
nexus 1n a competitive commercial context may be difficult.
As has been said, a claim under s.46 could not have
been advanced by CUB (NSW) in 1ts Supreme Court suit. But it
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could have commenced the present proceedings much earlier.
The amendments to s.46 were in force by 1 June 1986 and at the
latest, by July 1987, CUB (NSW) knew the result of the Court
of Appeal decision. It must have appreciated by September
1986 (Young J.'s decision was in August 1986) that there was
at least a possibility that the Court of Appeal would set
aside the injunctions granted.
It is said on behalf of CUB (NSW) that to have
instituted these proceedings earlier may have caused costs to
be thrown away on Litigation which was of academic
significance only. This assumes that the appeal from the
decision of Young J. would be dismissed. The uncertainties of
any litigation indicate that such an assumption could not
reasonably be made. More important, as has been said, the
improper influence now alleged on the part of Tooheys was not
the equity in suit in the Supreme Court. The cause of action
there was different: 1t was grounded on an alleged
contractual right of pre-emption said to have contained an
implied term which was breached by entry into the 1985
agreement. Moreover, it is not suggested here that the cost
of instituting these proceedings earlier was a prohibitive
factor, financially, so far as concerned CUB (NSW).
In truth, the present case may be seen as involving
an election on the part of CUB (NSW). It elected to press
first its claims in the Supreme Court and to defer the
institution of proceedings under the Act in this Court.
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CUB (NSW) should not, in our view, be granted, on an urgent
basis, the discretionary remedy of an interim injunction of
the kind now sought. It could be expected that an application
for relief under the Act, if made in, say, August 1986, would
have been disposed of by this time. It is hardly necessary to
point to the different cases required to be made by an
applicant on a final, as distinct from an interlocutory,
application. In the latter case, an applicant need only
show a prima facie case or a "serious" question to be tried.
It would be unjust to permit CUB (NSW) to obtain, on a prima
facie or "serious" question basis only, an injunction which
although interim, could hamper Tooheys in its trade fora
considerable time when the proceedings could have been
instituted, say, 15 months ago and the matter decided by now
on a final basis,
It follows, in our view, that even 1f a serious
question to be tried on the s.46 1ssue could be demonstrated,
and we express no opinion on that matter, there are strong
discretionary reasons why an interim injunction should be
refused in respect of this claim. We refuse leave to appeal
on this branch of the claim.
Before Wilcox J., and before us, CUB (NSW) advanced
another argument to justify the grant of interim relief. The
claim was based on s.45(2) of the Act. Relevantly, 1t
provides:
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(a) make a contract or arrangement, or arrive
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contract, arrangement or
understanding has the purpose, or
would have or be likely to have the
effect, of substantially lessening
competition; or
(b) give effect to a provision of a contract,
arrangement or understanding, whether the
contract or arrangement was made, or the
understanding was arrived at, before or
after the commencement of this section,
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to have the effect, of substantially
lessening competition."
CUB (NSW) contends that the 1985 agreement has the
purpose, and the likely effect, of substantially lessening
competition in the New South Wales wholesale beer market.
Wilcox J. found that, if the 1985 agreement was carried into
effect, it was likely that sales equivalent to one per cent of
the total New South Wales wholesale beer market would be
diverted from CUB (NSW) to Tooheys. Before us, CUB (NSW)
argued that the figure should be closer to two per cent.
Wilcox J. took into account the importance, in a
capital-intensive industry, of marginal production = and
Marginal profit, but held that there was -
",...no evidence to suggest that, if one per cent of
the market was diverted from Carlton to Tooheys,
this would limit Carlton's ability to compete on
the New South Wales market. No evidence has been
given, for example, to show that such a loss would
cause the operations of the applicant in New South
Wales to become uneconomic, causing it to abandon
the New South Wales market, and therefore resulting
in a lessening of competition in that market."
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Before us, CUB (NSW) did not seriously challenge his
Honour's conclusion. We agree with Wilcox J. that CUB (NSW)
has not demonstrated that any "Serious" question arises under
s.45(2). Even if it did, the discretionary considerations
already mentioned would apply here also. We refuse leave on
this branch of the claim also.
Finally, as has been noted, before Wilcox J. and
before us, CUB (NSW) sought, in the alternative, an interim
injunction restraining the completion of the 1985 agreement.
This relief was not strongly pressed before us. As has been
said, the primary relief now sought is order A, which is
directed at the improper influence alleged against Tooheys.
However, it 1S now said that, on a quia timet basis, the Court
should urgently intervene and prevent completion of the 1985
agreement and, in this way, prevent Tooheys from putting
itself in a position where 1t could then exert improper
influence over the tenants of the Tooth hotels. This should
be viewed as a claim, in substance, for an interlocutory
restraint, guia timet, against the use of the "tools of
influence"; and, as has been said, there are powerful
discretionary considerations why Tooheys should not, at such a
late stage, be subjected to an interim restraint of this kind.
The application for leave is refused with costs.
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I certify this and the Zduenlegr Uv)
preceding pages to be a true copy of
the Reasons for Judgment of the Court.
Associate: ie Vile :
Date: 19 November 1987
Counsel for the Applicant:
Solicitors for the Applicant:
Counsel for the First and
Third Respondents:
Solicitors for the First and
Third Respondents:
Counsel for the Second
Respondent:
Solicitors for the Second
Respondent:
Dates of hearing:
Delivered:
R. Merkel Q.C. with D.Shavin
Corrs Pavey Whiting & Byrne
R.A. Conti Q.C. with P.M.
Jacobson
Freehill Hollingdale & Page
T.E.F. Hughes Q.C.,
J.D. Heydon Q.C., R.«M. Smith
Dawson Waldron
9-11 November 1987
19 November 1987
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