Australian Competition & Consumer Commission v Bio Enviro Plan Pty Ltd [2003] FCA 1219

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Australian Competition & Consumer Commission v Bio Enviro Plan Pty Ltd [2003] FCA 1219 TRADE PRACTICES – misleading or deceptive conduct and false representations – worm farming schemes - orders to give effect to liability previously found – effect of death of respondent principally responsible for contraventions – effect of absence of financial and other resources in corporate respondents – whether corrective advertising or letters of notification appropriate in the circumstances – whether costs should be ordered in gross sum – whether order for representative proceeding presently appropriate or necessary – relevance of remaining respondents being unrepresented Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 43(1) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) s 52, 80, 80A, 87(1A) Federal Court Rules O 62 r 4(2)(c) Makita (Australia) Pty Limited v Black & Decker (Australasia) Pty Limited (1990) 12 ATPR 41-030 applied Hospitals Contribution Fund of Australia v Switzerland Australia Health Fund Pty Ltd (1988) 78 ALR 483 applied David Golf & Engineering Pty Ltd v Austgolf Corporation Pty Ltd (1993) 15 ATPR 41-207 applied Trade Practices Commission v Telstra Corporation Limited (1993) 15 ATPR 41-256 applied Jones v T R Flanagan Smash Repairs Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 1232 approved Beach Petroleum NL & Claremont Petroleum NL v Johnson (1995) 57 FCR 119 cited Easterday v Australian Securities Commission (unreported, RD Nicholson J, 4 September 1996) cited

AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION & CONSUMER COMMISSION v THE BIO ENVIRO PLAN PTY LTD, BUYPLUS COMMODITIES BROKERS PTY LTD, GREENSTAR CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED, GREENSTAR MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, KEVIN ROBERT SMITH, PAUL ANTHONY HAIGH and TREVOR SAMPSON W208 of 2001 RD NICHOLSON J 31 OCTOBER 2003 PERTH

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA DISTRICT REGISTRY W208 OF 2001