Australian Competition & Consumer Commission v Pauls Ltd [2002] FCA 1586

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Australian Competition & Consumer Commission v Pauls Ltd [2002] FCA 1586 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – submission by all respondents of no case to answer – whether the respondents should elect that they will or will not call evidence before making a no case submission. TRADE PRACTICES – Section 45A – "understanding" and "contract" and "control" – whether the parties arrived at an arrangement or understanding – whether a question of "control" arose as a consequence of the parties entering into the contract.

Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), ss 45(2), 45A(1) Federal Court Rules, O 35 r 1 Humphrey v Collier [1946] VLR 391 referred to Residues Treatment & Trading Co Limited v Southern Resources Ltd (1989) 52 SASR 54 referred to Muller v EbbW Vale Steel, Iron & Coal Co Ltd [1936] 2 ALL ER 1363 referred to Copper Industries Pty Ltd (in liquidation) v Hill and Hill (1975) 12 SASR 292 referred to Rasomen Pty Ltd v Shell Company of Australia Ltd (1997) 75 FCR 216 referred to Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Amcor Printing Papers Group Ltd (2000) 169 ALR 344 applied Protean (Holdings) Ltd v American Home Assurance Co [1985] VR 187 applied Prentice v Cummins (No 4) [2002] FCA 1215 referred to Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd v Stereo FM Pty Ltd (1982) 44 ALR 557 applied Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 cited Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 referred to Top Performance Motors Pty Limited v Ira Berk (Queensland) Pty Limited (1975) ATPR ¶40-004 referred to Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v CC (NSW) Pty Ltd (1999) 92 FCR 375 applied Rural Press Ltd v Australian Competition & Consumer Commission [2002] FCAFC 213 cited

AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION & CONSUMER COMMISSION v PAULS LTD, MALANDA DAIRYFOODS LTD, AUSTRALIAN CO-OPERATIVE FOODS LTD, ALAN ALEXANDER MCCRAY, BARRY ROBERT JARDINE, RICHARD GORDON LEONG SEE & SYDNEY RICHARD MORGAN No D 23 of 2001 O'LOUGHLIN J ADELAIDE (HEARD IN DARWIN) 19 DECEMBER 2002