Morwood & Anor v Chemdata Pty Ltd & Ors [1995] FCA 695

CATCHWORDS TRADE PRACTICES - Restrictive trade practices - substantial control of market - exclusion - lessening of competition - reliance on copyright: s 45 - reliance on contract: s 46 - misleading and deceptive conduct: ss 52, 53(g) - requirements for cause of action: ss. 82, 87(1) - whether nexus exists linking conduct said to contravene the Act with recoverable loss or damage - requirements for injunctive relief: s. 80. Trade Practices Act 1974: ss. 45, 46, 52, 53, 80, 82, 87(1) IAN DAVID MORWOOD, COMPUTERAD AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED v CHEMDATA PTY LIMITED, AMFAC PTY LIMITED, IMS AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED, EDWARD LLEWELLYN CROOK, COLIN RAYMOND TREVENA, JOHN MICHAEL GREEN, PHILIP THOMSON, BRUCE MICHAEL McCONOCHIE, JAMES SUTTON HARRISON SNR, GWENDA MARY HARRISON, GRAEME PAUL HARRISON, ROBERT STANLEY RICHARDS G731 of 1994 LOCKHART J. 1 SEPTEMBER 1995 SYDNEY

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA) ) NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY) No. G731 of 1994 ) GENERAL DIVISION )

BETWEEN: IAN DAVID MORWOOD First Applicant COMPUTERAD AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED Second Applicant AND: CHEMDATA PTY LIMITED First Respondent AMFAC PTY LIMITED Second Respondent IMS AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED Third Respondent EDWARD LLEWELLYN CROOK Fourth Respondent COLIN RAYMOND TREVENA Fifth Respondent JOHN MICHAEL GREEN Sixth Respondent PHILIP THOMSON Seventh Respondent BRUCE MICHAEL McCONOCHIE Eighth Respondent JAMES SUTTON HARRISON SNR Ninth Respondent GWENDA MARY HARRISON Tenth Respondent GRAEME PAUL HARRISON Eleventh Respondent ROBERT STANLEY RICHARDS Twelfth Respondent JUDGE MAKING ORDER: LOCKHART J. WHERE ORDER MADE: SYDNEY DATE ORDER MADE: 1 SEPTEMBER 1995