Frugtniet and Anor v Commissioner for Fair Trading; Commissioner for Fair Trading v Travel Action Pty Ltd and Anor (GD) [2004] NSWADTAP 12

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CITATION: Frugtniet and Anor v Commissioner for Fair Trading; Commissioner for Fair Trading v Travel Action Pty Ltd and Anor (GD) [2004] NSWADTAP 12 APPELLANT: Brian Frugtniet; Suzanne Frugtniet RESPONDENT PARTIES: Commissioner for Fair Trading APPELLANT Commissioner for Fair Trading RESPONDENT Travel Action Pty Ltd; Sascha Frugtniet FILE NUMBER: 039074,039075, 038076, 039077 HEARING DATES: 19/02/2004-20/02/2004 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 02/20/2004 DATE OF DECISION: 04/16/2004

Travel Action Pty Ltd; Sascha Frugtniet; Suzanne Frugtniet and Brian Frugtniet v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2003] NSWADT 2223 DECISION UNDER APPEAL: BEFORE: Chesterman M - ADCJ (Deputy President); Montgomery S - Judicial Member; Antonios Z - Member CATCHWORDS: admissibility of evidence - finding contrary to evidence - penalty - manifestly inadequate - procedural fairness - relevant/irrelevant considerations - standard of proof - statutory interpretation MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 023209, 023230, 023231, 023232 DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 09/24/2003 Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 Migration Act 1958 (Cth) Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond (1990) 170 CLR 1 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Browne v Dunn (1893) 6 R 67 Commissioner for Fair Trading v Travel Action Pty Ltd [2003] NSWADTAP 69 Devries v Australian National Railways Commission (1993) 177 CLR 472 Galea v Galea (1990) 19 NSWLR 263 Health Care Complaints Commission v Pham [1999] NSWCA 39 Hope v Council of the City of Bathurst (1980) 144 CLR 1 House v King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Hughes and Vale Pty Ltd v New South Wales (No. 2) (1955) 93 CLR 127 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 CASES CITED: Lloyd v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd [1999] NSWADTAP 3 Manila Marketing Pty Ltd v Travel Compensation Fund, Unreported, Commercial Tribunal of NSW, 27 March 1995 (No. 1116 of 1993) Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24 Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Ex Parte Applicant S154/2002 [2003] HCA 60 Muralidharan v MIEA (1996) 62 FCR 402 Neat Holdings Pty Ltd v Karajan Holdings Pty Ltd (1993) 67 ALJR 170 Sabag v Health Care Complaints Commission [2001] NSWCA 411 Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs v Studdert [2001] FCA 1642 Travel Action Pty Ltd; Sascha Frugtniet; Suzanne Frugtniet and Brian Frugtniet v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2003] NSWADT 223 Vetter v Lake Macquarie City Council [2001] HCA 12 Waterford v Commonwealth (1987) 163 CLR 54 YG & GG v Minister for Community Services [2002] NSWCA 247 Young Taek Chong v Tomazin (1994) ASC 56-283 APPELLANT R Frugtniet, agent for Brian and Suzanne Frugtniet APPELLANT REPRESENTATION: G Elliott, barrister, for Commissioner for Fair Trading RESPONDENT G Elliott, barrister, for Commissioner for Fair Trading RESPONDENT R Frugtniet, agent for Travel Action Pty Ltd & Sascha Frugtniet ORDERS: Each appeal is dismissed