Commissioner for Fair Trading v Tschannen & Ors [2004] NSWSC 67

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Commissioner for Fair Trading v Tschannen & Ors [2004] NSWSC 67 HEARING DATE(S) : 22-26, 29 September 2003 3, 8 & 10 October 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 February 2004 JURISDICTION: Common Law JUDGMENT OF : Sperling J at 1 DECISION : Counsel should bring in short minutes of order, including as to costs.

CATCHWORDS : Consumer protection - fair trading - power to make declarations and grant injunctions based on breaches of the Residential Parks Act 1998 - whether breaches of that statute - declarations - other relief refused Consumer, Trader & Tenancy Tribunal Act 2001, s52 Corporations Act 2001 LEGISLATION CITED : Fair Trading Act 1987, s4, s42, s43, s65, s66, s72 Residential Parks Act 1998, s3, s5, s8, s9, s10, s11, s20, s30, s41, s48, s53, s54, s61, s62, s63, s64, s67, s80, s82, s85 s87, s88, s89, s90, s98, s99, s100, s101, s102, s113, s121, s127, s128, s143, s144, s147 Residential Tribunal Act 1998 (repealed), s47A CASES CITED : Australian Competition & Consumer Commission v Goldy Motors Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 1885 Australian Competition & Consumer Commission v IMB Group Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 313 Commissioner for Fair Trading PARTIES : Warren Eric Tschannen Blackington Pty Ltd Caraco Pty Ltd FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 13202/02 COUNSEL : Ms JAD Needham for the Plaintiff Mr IM Wales SC for the Defendants SOLICITORS : Office of Fair Trading for the Plaintiff Graham Cochrane, Solicitor for the Defendants