Australian Competition & Consumer Commission v J McPhee & Son (Australia) Pty Ltd (No. 5) [1998] FCA 310

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA TRADE PRACTICES - contravention of Part IV Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) - penalty - price-fixing arrangement - attempt - relevant factors - moral considerations - relevance of criminal law sentencing principles - whether punishment - whether injunction appropriate Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) s 76(1) Trade Practices Commission v Stihl Chain Saws (Aust) Pty Ltd (1978) 2 ATPR 40-091 at 17,896 applied Trade Practices Commission v Mobil Oil Australia (1985) 4 FCR 296 at 298 mentioned Trade Practices Commission v Carlton & United Breweries Ltd (1990) 24 FCR 532 at 542 discussed Trade Practices Commission v TNT Australia Pty Ltd (1995) ATPR 41-375 discussed Trade Practices Commission v CSR Limited (1991) ATPR 41-076 discussed Trade Practices Commission v Prestige Motors Pty Ltd (1994) ATPR 41-359 mentioned Queensland Wine Industries Pty Ltd v Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ltd (1989) 167 CLR 177 mentioned Keeble v Hickeringill (1809) 11 East 574, 103 ER 1127 mentioned Pye Industries Sales Pty Ltd v Trade Practices Commission (1979) ATPR 40-124 mentioned Trade Practices Commission v ICI Australia Operations Pty Ltd (1991) 105 ALR 115 at 118 followed Trade Practices Commission v Axive Pty Ltd (1994) ATPR 41-368 followed R v Shannon (1979) 21 SASR 442 mentioned Lowe v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 606 mentioned N W Frozen Foods Pty Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (1996) 71 FCR 285 discussed Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Australian Safeway Stores Pty Ltd (1997) 145 ALR 36 discussed Meridian Global Funds Management Asia Ltd v Securities Commission [1995] 2 AC 500 followed

AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION V J MCPHEE & SON (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD (NO.5) NO. VG 948 of 1995 JUDGE: HEEREY J DATE: 27 MARCH 1998 PLACE: MELBOURNE