Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Admiral Mechanical Services Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 1085

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Admiral Mechanical Services Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 1085 TRADE PRACTICES – price fixing arrangements – pecuniary penalties – injunctions – declarations – trade practice compliance program – contraventions admitted - pecuniary penalty – penalty agreed – some penalties contested – totality principle – reduction of pecuniary penalty due to co-operation – relevant factors to assessing pecuniary penalty

Federal Court of Australia 1976 (Cth) ss 21, 43(1) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) ss 4D, 45(2), 45(2)(a)(i), 45(2)(a)(ii), 45(2)(b)(i), 45(2)(b)(ii), 45A, 76, 76(1), 77(2), 80, 80(1), 80(4), 80(5), 155(1)(a), 155(1)(b), 155(1)(c) Fiss, 'Against Settlement'(1984) 93 Yale Law Journal 1073 Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission (1992) 175 CLR 564 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v 4WD Systems Pty Ltd (2003) 200 ALR 491 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v ABB Power Transmission Pty Ltd (2004) ATPR 42-011 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Australian Safeway Stores Pty Ltd (1997) 75 FCR 238 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Fila Sport Oceania Pty Ltd (2004) ATPR 41-983 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Foamlite (Australia) Pty Ltd (1998) ATPR 41-615 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v George Weston Foods Ltd (2000) ATPR 41-763 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Goldy Motors Pty Ltd (2001) ATPR 41-801 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Gullyside Pty Ltd (2006) ATPR 42-097 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v High Adventure Pty Ltd [2006] ATPR 42-091 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Ithaca Ice Works Pty Ltd(2001) ATPR 41-816 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Ithaca Iceworks Pty Ltd (2002) ATPR 41-851 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Leahy Petroleum Pty Ltd (No 2) (2005) 215 ALR 281 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Leahy Petroleum Pty Ltd (No 3) (2005) 215 ALR 301 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v McMahon Services Pty Ltd (No 1) [2004] ATPR 42-022 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v McMahon Services Pty Ltd [2004] ATPR 42-031 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Midland Brick Co Pty Ltd (2004) 207 ALR 329 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v NW Frozen Foods Pty Ltd (1996) ATPR 41-515 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Real Estate Institute (WA) Inc (1999) 161 ALR 79 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Real Estate Institute (WA) Inc (1999) 95 FCR 114 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Roche Vitamins Australia Pty Ltd (2001) ATPR 41-809 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v SIP Australia Pty Ltd (1999) ATPR 41-072 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Tubemakers of Australia Limited [2000] FCA 227 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Tyco Australia Pty Ltd (2000) ATPR 41-740 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Tyco Australia Pty Ltd (2000) ATPR 41-788 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Tyco Australia Pty Ltd (2000) ATPR 41-789 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Tyco Australia Pty Ltd (2001) ATPR 41-796 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Tyco Australia Pty Ltd (2000) ATPR 41-760 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Tyco Australia Pty Ltd (2000) ATPR 41-772 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Tyco Australia Pty Ltd (2001) ATPR 41-810 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Tyco Australia Pty Ltd (2001) ATPR 41-797 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Tyco Australia Pty Ltd (2001) ATPR 41-798 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Vales Wine Co Pty Ltd (1996) ATPR 41-528 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Z-Tek Computer Pty Ltd (1997) 78 FCR 197 Forster v Jododex Australia Aust Pty Limited (1972) 127 CLR 421 Gardner v Dairy Industry Authority of NSW (1977) 138 CLR 646 (Note) ICI Australia Operations Pty Limited v Trade Practices Commission (1992) 38 FCR 248 Melway Publishing Pty Ltd v Robert Hicks Pty Ltd (2001) 205 CLR 1 Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources v Mobile Oil Australia Pty Ltd (2004) ATPR 41-993 NW Frozen Foods Pty Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (1996) 71 FCR 285 RAIA Insurance Brokers Limited v FAI General Insurance Co Limited (1993) 41 FCR 164 Tobacco Institute of Australia Limited v Australian Federation of Consumer Organisations Inc (No 2) (1993) 41 FCR 89 Trade Practices Commission v CC (NSW) Pty Ltd (No 3) (1994) ATPR 41-363 Trade Practices Commission v CSR Ltd (1991) ATPR 41-076 Trade Practices Commission v ICI Australia Operations Pty Ltd (1991) 105 ALR 115 Trade Practices Commission v Mobil Oil Australia (1985) 4 FCR 296 Trade Practices commission v Pioneer Concrete (Vic) Pty Ltd (1985) ATPR 40-590 Trade Practices Commission v Santos Ltd (1993) ATPR 41-221 Trade Practices Commission v Stihl Chainsaws (Aust) Pty Limited (1978) ATPR 40-091 Trade Practices commission v TNT Australia Pty Ltd (1995) ATPR 41-375