SmithKline Beecham (Australia) Pty Ltd v Chipman [2002] FCA 674

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

SmithKline Beecham (Australia) Pty Ltd v Chipman [2002] FCA 674

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – standing to sue – meaning of "person whose interests are affected" – Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Cth) s 60(2) – meaning of "person aggrieved" – Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) ss 3(4) and 5(1) – whether applicant has "special interest" in subject matter of proceedings – Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 39B – whether a competing commercial interest a relevant interest PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – preliminary points and trial of separate issues – questions to be decided separately from any other questions before trial – assumed facts – whether procedure under Federal Court Rules O 29 r 2 appropriate where no finality in relation to issues to be determined

Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Cth) ss 4, 25, 60 Administrative Decisions Judicial Review Act 1977 (Cth) s 3(4), 5(1) and 10(2)(b)(ii) Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 39B Federal Court of Australia Rules O 29 r 2

Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62at 91 referred to General Steel Industries Ltd v Commissioner for Railways (1964) 112 CLR 125 referred to Douglas v Tickner (1994) 49 FCR 507 at 519-521 considered Tooheys Ltd v Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs (1981) 54 FLR 421 at 437 referred to Davis v Commonwealth (1986) 61 ALJR 32 referred to TVW Enterprises v Duffy (unreported, Federal Court of Australia, March 1985) referred to Rocklea Spinning Mills Pty Ltd v Anti-Dumping Authority (1995) 56 FCR 406 referred to Bass v Permanent Trustee Co Ltd (1999) 198 CLR 334 considered Edwards v Australian Securities Commission (1997) 72 FCR 350 at 369-370 referred to Director of Fisheries (NT) v Arnhem Land Aboriginal Land Trust (2001) 185 ALR 649 at 679 applied Brisbane Airport Corporation Ltd v Wright [2002] FCA 359 at par [43] referred to Allan v Transurban City Link Ltd (2001) 75 ALJR 1551 at pars [15]-[16], [53]-[54], [64] and [73] referred to Alphapharm Pty Ltd v SmithKline Beecham (Australia) Pty Ltd (1994) 49 FCR 250 at 259, 260, 261-262, 263, 266, 272, 273-281 and 275-276 considered Byron Environment Centre Inc v Arakwal People (1997) 148 ALR 46 at 48, 62 and 78 referred to Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers v Secretary, Department of Transport (1986) 13 FCR 124 at 131 referred to Big Country Developments Pty Ltd v Australian Community Pharmacy Authority (1995) 60 FCR 85 at 92 referred to Right to Life Association (NSW) Inc v Secretary, Department of Human Services and Health (1995) 56 FCR 50 at 64-65 and 84 referred to Australian Conservation Foundation Inc v Commonwealth (1980) 146 CLR 493 at 530-531, 539-540 and 548-549 referred to Onus v Alcoa of Australia Ltd(1981) 149 CLR 27 at 35-37, 41-42, 53 and 74 referred to Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association v Minister for Industrial Affairs (SA) (1995) 183 CLR 552 at 558 referred to Bateman's Bay Local Aboriginal Land Council v The Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund Pty Ltd (1998) 194 CLR 247 at 267 and 274 referred to Swan Portland Cement Ltd v Comptroller-General of Customs (1989) 25 FCR 523 at 530 referred to Magrath v Goldsborough, Mort & Co Ltd (1932) 47 CLR 121 at 134 referred to Shergold v Tanner (2000) 102 FCR 215 at 220, 247, 252 referred to Shergold v Tanner [2002] HCA 19 referred to Abebe v Commonwealth (1999) 197 CLR 510 at 537 referred to Transurban City Link Ltd v Allan (1999) 95 FCR 553 at 565 referred to North Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service Inc v Bradley [2001] FCA 1728 at pars [28]-[64] referred to Attorney-General of the Gambia v N'Jai [1961] AC 617 at 635 referred to