Superintendent of Trade Measurement v Salmon [2003] NSWSC 1113

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Superintendent of Trade Measurement v Salmon [2003] NSWSC 1113 HEARING DATE(S) : 25/11/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 1 December 2003 JURISDICTION: Common Law Division JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq DECISION : Summons dismissed with costs.

CATCHWORDS : HEALTH LAW [47] - Definitions- Meat- s 25(1) Trade Measurement Act 1989- Defendants charged with selling meat otherwise than by weight- The items they sold included chicken filos and chicken fillet steaks flavoured with teriyaki- Were the defendants selling "meat" within the meaning of the Act? WORDS & PHRASES- "Meat"- "Process". LEGISLATION CITED : Trade Measurement Act 1989 s 25(1) Accounting Systems 2000 (Developments) Pty Ltd v CCH Australia Ltd (1993) 42 FCR 470 Australian Gas Light Company v Valuer-General (1940) 40 SR (NSW) 126 Beckwith v The Queen (1976) 135 CLR 569 Collector of Customs v Agfa-Gavaert Ltd (1996) 186 CLR 389 Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd (1981) 37 ALR 595 Girobank plc v Clarke [1998] 1 WLR 942; [1998] 4 All ER 312 JH Dewhurst Ltd v Eddins [1935] 2 KB 105 CASES CITED : Kilmarnock Equitable Co-Operative Society Ltd v Inland Revenue Commissioners (1966) 42 TC 675 Metal Manufacturers Pty Ltd v Lewis (1988) 13 NSWLR 315 Moore v Farmers Mutual Manufacturing & Ginning Co (1938) 77 P (2d) 211 Re Sterns Playland Pty Ltd (No 2) (1982) 4 ALD 562 Slater v Evans [1916] 2 KB 403 Sweetway Sanitary Cleansers Ltd v Bradley [1962] 2 QB 108 Tiffins Ltd v Herron [1937] NZLR 566 Vibroplant Ltd v Holland [1981] 1 All ER 526 Williams v Metropolitan and Export Abattoirs Board (1953) 89 CLR 66 Superintendent of Trade Measurement (P) PARTIES : Gregory Joseph Salmon (D1) Rodney Clark (D2) Betina Clark (D3) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 12266/03 COUNSEL : R J Bromwich (P) J V Nicholas SC and C Dimitriadis (D) SOLICITORS : D I Catt (P) Phillips Fox (D)