Australian Competition & Consumer Commission v FFE Building Services Limited [2003] FCA 330

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Australian Competition & Consumer Commission v FFE Building Services Limited [2003] FCA 330 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) ss 45, 76, 77, 80, 82, 83, 87, 155 Trade Practices Amendment Act (No.1) 2001 (Cth) Sch 1 Reading Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd v Birch Carroll & Coyle Ltd [2002] FCAFC 109 considered Trade Practices Commission v CC (NSW)P/L (1995) 58 FCR 426 considered Nestle Australia Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1986) 10 FCR 78 cited The Compagnie Financiere et Commerciale du Pacifique v The Peruvian Guano Co (1882) 11 QBD 55 referred to Mulley v Manifold (1959) 103 CLR 341 Australian Competition & Consumer Commission v CG Berbatis Holdings Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 1893 considered Australian Competition & Consumer Commission v CG Berbatis Holdings Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 137 referred to ICI Australian Operations Pty Ltd v Trade Practices Commission (1992) 38 FCR 248 cited Tobacco Institute of Australia Ltd v Australian Federation of Consumer Organisations Inc. (No.2) (1993) 41 FCR 89 referred to Trade Practices Commission v Mobil Oil Australia Ltd (1984) 4 FCR 296 referred to AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION & CONSUMER COMMISSION v FFE BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED (FORMERLY CHUBB BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED) (FORMERLY JAMES HARDIE BUILDING SERVICES PTY LIMITED) TRADING AS FIRE FIGHTING ENTERPRISES PTY LIMITED (ACN 000 067 541), TYCO AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (FORMERLY WORMALD AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED) TRADING AS WORMALD FIRE SYSTEMS (ACN 008 399 004), AUSTRALIAN FIRE SERVICES (SA) PTY LIMITED (ACN 055 395 401), AUSTRALIAN FIRE SERVICES PTY LIMITED (ACN 068 356 338), ON-LINE FIRE PROTECTION PTY LTD (ACN 050 207 175), MICHAEL RODNEY BOYCE, SHANE STEVEN BOWBRIDGE, FRANCISUS WILHELMUS JACOBUS GEURTS, REGINALD GEORGE KENNETH NEALIE, LOUIS GRAY ROWE, ANGELO D'ALFONSO, GARY RUSSELL GARLICK, GRAHAM LONDON & ROBERT JOHN CROSBY