Australian Competition & Consumer Commission v Globex Systems Pty Ltd [2005] FCA 550

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Australian Competition & Consumer Commission v Globex Systems Pty Ltd [2005] FCA 550

PENALTY – penalty for contempt – where first respondent pleaded guilty to three charges of contempt by breaching Court orders – purpose of the Court's power to impose penalty – factors relevant in determining appropriate monetary penalty. COSTS – indemnity costs – whether the first respondent should pay the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission's costs on an indemnity basis.

Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), s 31(1) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), ss 52, 53(b), 53(bb) and 64(1) Federal Court Rules, O 40 r 6 Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Hickey [1999] FCA 259 cited BHP Steel (AIS) Pty Ltd v Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union [2001] FCA 336 cited Adlam v Noack [1999] FCA 1606 cited Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union v Mudginberri Station Pty Ltd (1986) 161 CLR 98 cited Pelechowski v The Registrar, Court of Appeal (NSW) (1999) 198 CLR 435 cited Stancomb v Trowbridge Urban District Council (1910) 2 CH 190 cited Attorney-General v Times Newspapers Ltd and Another (1992) 1 AC 191 cited Witham v Holloway (1995) 183 CLR 525 cited Gallagher v Durack (1983) 152 CLR 238 cited Colgate-Palmolive Company & Another v Cussons Pty Limited (1993) 46 FCR 225 cited E.M.I. Records Ltd v Ian Cameron Wallace Ltd (1983) 1 Ch 59 cited Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v BHP Steel (AIS) Pty Ltd (2003) 196 ALR 350 cited AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION & CONSUMER COMMISSION v GLOBEX SYSTEMS PTY LTD (ACN 078 990 093) & ORS SAD 274 of 2004 LANDER J 10 MAY 2005 SYDNEY

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

SOUTH AUSTRALIA DISTRICT REGISTRY SAD274 OF 2004

BETWEEN: AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION & CONSUMER COMMISSION

APPLICANT

AND: GLOBEX SYSTEMS PTY LTD (ACN 078 990 093)