Australian Competition & Consumer Commission v Ithaca Ice Works Pty Limited (ACN 010 201 180) [2001] FCA 497

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Australian Competition & Consumer Commission v Ithaca Ice Works Pty Limited (ACN 010 201 180)[2001] FCA 497 TRADE PRACTICES - restrictive trade practices – price fixing – anti-competitive arrangements or understandings – price fixing arrangements by various persons engaged in the ice market – proof of arrangement or understanding – enforcement and remedies – need for proportionality to be maintained in various penalties imposed Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth)

Re British Basic Slag Ltd's Agreements [1963] 2 All ER 807 referred to TPC v Service Station Association Ltd (1993) 44 FCR 206 referred to Top Performance Motors Pty Ltd v Ira Berk (Qld) Pty Ltd (1975) ATPR 40-004 referred to Trade Practices Commission v JJ & YK Russell Pty Ltd (1991) 13 ATPR 41-132 applied Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 referred to Neat Holdings Pty Ltd v Karajan Holdings Pty Ltd (1992) 67 ALJR 170 referred to AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION v ITHACA ICE WORKS PTY LIMITED (ACN 009 660 306), QUEENSLAND ICE SUPPLIES PTY LIMITED (ACN 010 201 180), ANSONGUARD PTY LIMITED (ACN 010 589 929), KENNETH JOHN SMITH, ANTHONY JOHN MEE, GREGORY PAUL MEE, BRIAN BRADLEY, LEO GREVIS, GARY JOHN GREVIS, RODERICK IAN MATHESON AND JACK NUMAN BERRY Q 216 OF 1999 DOWSETT J 2 MAY 2001 BRISBANE

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY Q 216 OF 1999

BETWEEN: AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION

APPLICANT

AND: ITHACA ICE WORKS PTY LIMITED (ACN 009 660 306)

FIRST RESPONDENT

QUEENSLAND ICE SUPPLIES PTY LIMITED

(ACN 010 201 180)

SECOND RESPONDENT

ANSONGUARD PTY LIMITED (ACN 010 589 929)

THIRD RESPONDENT

KENNETH JOHN SMITH