Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria v Origo & Co Pty Ltd (formerly Daiso (Australia) Pty Ltd) [2018] FCA 1111

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria v Origo & Co Pty Ltd (formerly Daiso (Australia) Pty Ltd) [2018] FCA 1111 File number: VID 399 of 2017

Judge: MOSHINSKY J

Date of judgment: 19 July 2018

Catchwords: CONSUMER LAW – product safety of consumer goods – alleged contraventions of product safety standards – where respondent admitted contraventions – where parties prepared statement of agreed facts and jointly proposed declarations and a pecuniary penalty – whether declarations and proposed orders appropriate – proposed declarations and orders made

Legislation: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), s 138, Sch 2, Australian Consumer Law, ss 18, 29, 106, 136, 224, 228 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), s 21 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), s 39B Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012 (Vic), ss 10, 223, 224

Cases cited: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Cement Australia Pty Ltd [2017] ATPR 42-557; [2017] FCAFC 159 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd [2014] FCA 1405 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Kokos International Pty Ltd (No 2) [2008] ATPR 42-212; [2008] FCA 5 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Reckitt Benckiser (Australia) Pty Ltd (2016) 340 ALR 25 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v TPG Internet Pty Ltd (2013) 250 CLR 640 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Yazaki Corporation [2018] FCAFC 73 Commonwealth v Director, Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate (2015) 258 CLR 482 Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria v Daiso Industries (Australia) Pty Ltd [2017] FCA 683 Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria v Daiso Industries (Australia) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2017] FCA 720 Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria v Daiso Industries (Australia) Pty Ltd (No 3) [2017] FCA 1488 Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria v Gibson [2017] FCA 240 Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria v Gibson (No 3) [2017] FCA 1148 Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria v Hocking Stuart (Richmond) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2016] FCA 1435 NW Frozen Foods Pty Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (1996) 71 FCR 285 Rizeq v Western Australia (2017) 344 ALR 421 Singtel Optus Pty Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (2012) 287 ALR 249 Trade Practices Commission v Allied Mills Industries Pty Ltd (No 5) (1981) 60 FLR 38; 37 ALR 256 Trade Practices Commission v CSR Ltd [1991] ATPR 41-076; [1990] FCA 762 Walker v Sell (2016) 245 FCR 308