Sammy Russo Supplies Pty Ltd & Anor v Australian Safeway Stores Pty Ltd & Ors [1998] FCA 617

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - pleadings - statement of claim - trade practices - application to dismiss proceedings - relevant considerations - fourth statement of claim - whether statement of claim pleaded material facts - loss and damage - necessity to plead causal link between alleged contravention and damage suffered. TRADE PRACTICES - pleadings - statement of claim - application to dismiss proceedings - essential elements in pleading causes of action under ss 45(2)(a)(ii), 45(2)(b)(ii) and 48 - whether statement of claim pleaded material facts of contract, arrangement or understanding relied upon, the relevant market and nature and extent of competition. COSTS - application for indemnity costs - circumstances when appropriate to grant.

Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth): s 45, s 45(2)(a), s 45(2)(b), s 48, s 75B Pt IV

Mitanis v Pioneer Concrete (Vic) Pty Ltd (1997) ATPR ¶41‑591 - applied Bruce v Odhams Press Limited [1936] 1 KB 697 - followed Colgate Palmolive Co v Cussons Pty Ltd (1993) 46 FCR 225 - applied Re Wilcox; Ex parte Venture Industries Pty Ltd (No 2) (1996) 141 ALR 727 - applied Fountain Selected Meats (Sales) Pty Ltd v International Produce Merchants Pty Ltd (1988) 81 ALR 397 - applied J‑Corp Pty Ltd v Australian Builders Labourers Federated Union of Workers - Western Australia Branch (No 2) (1993) 46 IR 301 - applied Davids Holdings Pty Ltd v Coles Myer Limited (1995) ATPR ¶41‑383 - applied State of Queensland v JL Holdings Pty Ltd (1997) 189 CLR 146 - followed Wickstead v Browne (1992) 30 NSWLR 1; on appeal (1993) 10 Leg Rep 522 - followed SAMMY RUSSO SUPPLIES PTY LTD & ANOR v AUSTRALIAN SAFEWAY STORES PTY LTD & ORS VG 313 of 1997 GOLDBERG J MELBOURNE 4 JUNE 1998

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY VG 313 of 1997