Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Nick Scali Limited v Super A-Mart Pty Ltd [2011] FCA 751 Citation: Nick Scali Limited v Super A-Mart Pty Ltd [2011] FCA 751
Parties: NICK SCALI LIMITED (ACN 000 403 896) v SUPER A-MART PTY LTD (ACN 009 810 324)
File number(s): NSD 1142 of 2010
Judge: YATES J
Date of judgment: 6 July 2011
Catchwords: TRADE PRACTICES – consumer protection – comparative advertising – misleading or deceptive conduct – false representations – television commercial – point of sale material – relevant approach discussed – whether price-compared products represented to be of the same or equivalent standard, quality, grade or composition – oral representations – whether products represented to be the same or to have come from same factory or place – sufficiency of evidence – whether certification of product misrepresented
Legislation: Australian Consumer Law s 232 Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) s 140(2) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) ss 52, 53, 82 Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No 2) 2010 (Cth) Sch 7, items 7(1) and (2)
Cases cited: Campomar Sociedad, Limitada v Nike International Limited (2000) 202 CLR 45 Country Road Clothing Pty Ltd v Najee Nominees Pty Ltd (1991) 20 IPR 419 Doolan v Waltons Ltd (1981) 39 ALR 408 Ducret v Chaudhary's Oriental Carpet Palace Pty Ltd (1987) 16 FCR 562 Elna Australia Pty Ltd v International Computers (Aust) Pty Ltd (No 2) (1987) 16 FCR 410 Gillette Australia Pty Ltd v Energizer Australia Pty Ltd (2002) 193 ALR 629 Given v CV Holland (Holdings) Pty Ltd (1977) 29 FLR 212 JLW (Vic) Pty Ltd v Tsiloglou [1994] 1 VR 237 Morgan v Odhams Press Ltd [1971] 1 WLR 1239 Nick Scali Ltd v Super A-Mart Pty Ltd (2010) 189 FCR 550 Parkdale Custom Built Furniture Proprietary Limited v Puxu Proprietary Limited (1982) 149 CLR 191 Siddons Pty Ltd v The Stanley Works Pty Ltd (1991) 29 FCR 14 Thompson v Riley McKay Pty Ltd (No 2) (1980) 31 ALR 507 Wardley Australia Limited v The State of Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514
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