Spotwire Pty Ltd v Visa International Service Association Inc & Anor [2003] FCA 762

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Spotwire Pty Ltd v Visa International Service Association Inc & Anor [2003] FCA 762

TRADE PRACTICES – contract, arrangement or understanding, exclusionary provision, vertical agreement, horizontal agreement, meeting of minds, consensus, knowledge PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – statement of claim, summary dismissal, strike out TORT – inducing breach of contract, unlawful interference with contractual relations, unlawful interference with trade or business interests, unlawful act, knowledge WORDS AND PHRASES – 'contract, arrangement or understanding', 'unlawful act' Federal Court Rules – O 11 r 16, O 22 r 2 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) – s 4D, s 45

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