TSG Franchise Management Pty Ltd v Cigarette & Gift Warehouse (Franchising) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2016] FCA 674

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

TSG Franchise Management Pty Ltd v Cigarette & Gift Warehouse (Franchising) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2016] FCA 674 File number: VID 764 of 2014

Judge: DAVIES J

Date of judgment: 8 June 2016

Catchwords: TORTS – economic torts – procuring or inducing breach of contract – relevant principles – element of intention TORTS – economic torts – procuring or inducing breach of contract – availability of permanent injunction TRADE PRACTICES – misleading or deceptive conduct – representations made to franchisees of the applicant – whether statements of fact – meaning conveyed by representations – whether representations misleading, deceptive or false

Legislation: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Sch 2 ss 4, 18 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 23

Cases cited: Allstate Life Insurance Company v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (1995) 58 FCR 26; [1995] FCA 1368 Daebo Shipping Company Limited v The Ship Go Star (2012) 207 FCR 220; [2012] FCAFC 158 Donaldson v Natural Springs Australia Limited [2015] FCA 498 Fightvision Pty Ltd v Onis Forou (1999) 47 NSWLR 473; [1999] NSWCA 323 Hospitality Group Pty Ltd v Australian Rugby Union Ltd (2001) 110 FCR 157; [2001] FCA 1040 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298; [1959] HCA 8 LED Technologies Pty Ltd v Roadvision Pty Ltd (2012) 199 FCR 204; [2012] FCAFC 3 Sanders v Snell (1998) 196 CLR 329; [1998] HCA 64 Short v The City Bank of Sydney (1912) 15 CLR 148; [1912] HCA 54 Woolley v Dunford (1972) 3 SASR 243 Zhu v Treasurer of New South Wales (2004) 218 CLR 530; [2004] HCA 56