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A

ACCC v Australian Abalone Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 1834
Admitted price fixing and boycott conduct - discussion of agreed penalties and mention of propsed criminal penalties

ACCC v Visy Industries Holdings Pty Limited (No 3) [2007] FCA 1617 (2 November 2007)
Admission of cartel conduct - penalties of $36m + imposed

Australian Gas Light Company (ACN 052 167 405) v Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (No. 3) [2003] FCA 1525
Mergers - declaration that merger would not SLC - declaration sought after ACCC refused to provide informal clearance

ASX Operations Pty Ltd v Pont Data Australia Pty Ltd (No. 1) (1990) 27 FCR 460
Anti-competitive agreements, exclusionary provisions, misuse of market power

AW Tyree Transformers Pty Ltd and Wilson Transformer Co Pty Ltd (1997) ATPR (Com) 50–247
Authorisation - joint marketing scheme

B

Boral Besser Masonry Limited (now Boral Masonry Ltd) v ACCC [2003] HCA 5 (7 February 2003)
Misuse of market power; predatory pricing

Re British Basic Slag Ltd’s Agreements [1963] 2 All ER 807
Agreement

Buckley v Tutty (1971) 125 CLR 353
Restraint of trade

C

D

Dandy Power Equipment Pty Ltd v Mercury Marine Pty Ltd (1982) ATPR 40–315
Substantial lessening of competition

Dowling v Dalgety Australia Ltd (1992) 34 FCR 109
Anti-competitive agreements; misuse of market power

G

Gallagher v Pioneer Concrete (NSW) Pty Ltd (1993) 113 ALR 159
Anti-competitive agreements

H

Hughes v Western Australian Cricket Association (Inc) (1986) 19 FCR 10

M

Mark Lyons Pty Ltd v Bursill Sportsgear Pty Ltd (1987) 74 ALR 581
Exclusive dealing, market definition

Melway Publishing Pty Ltd v Robert Hicks Pty Ltd [2001] HCA 13
Misuse of market power

N

News Ltd v Australian Rugby League Ltd (No 2) (1996) 64 FCR 410 (4 October 1996) (Superleague)
Exclusionary provisions

News Ltd v South Sydney District Rugby League Football Club Ltd [2003] HCA 45
Deals with s 45's prohibition of exclusionary provisions in relation to South Sydney's exclusion from the national rugby competition in 2000.

Nordenfelt v The Maxim Nordenfelt Guns & Ammunition Co Ltd [1894] AC 535
Restraint of trade

NT Power Generation v Power and Water Authority [2004] HCA 48; 219 CLR 90
Misuse of market power; access to services (through s 46)

O

Outboard Marine Pty Ltd v Hecar Investments (No 6) Pty Ltd (1982) ATPR 40–327
Exclusive dealing

Q

QIW Retailers Ltd v Davids Holdings (1993) ATPR 41-226
Mergers; Trade Practices Economics

Re Queensland Co-Op Milling Association Limited and Defiance Holdings Limited (QCMA) (1976) 8 ALR 481
Mergers; Trade Practices Economics

Queensland Wire Industries v BHP (1989) 167 CLR 177 (High Court)
Misuse of market power - leveraging market power (section 46)

R

R v Associated Northern Collieries (1911) 14 CLR 387
On the issue of establishing collusion

Rural Press Limited v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [2003] HCA 75 (11 December 2003)
Misuse of market power and exclusionary provisions

S

Stationers Supply Pty Ltd v Victorian Authorised Newsagents Associated Limited (1993) 44 FCR 35
Purpose or effect of substantially lessening competition (ss 45 and 47)

Stirling Harbour Services Pty Ltd v Bunbury Port Authority [2000] FCA 1381
SLC test

T

In Re Tooth and Co Limited; In Re Tooheys Limited (1979) ATPR 40–113
Market definition

TPC v Australia Meat Holidngs Pty Ltd (1988) 83 ALR 299
Trade practices economics

TPC v David Jones (Australia) Pty Ltd (1986) 13 FCR 446
Anti-competitive agreements; Price Fixing

TPC v Email Ltd (1980) ATPR 40–172
Anti-competitive agreements; exchange of price lists, circumstantial evidence

TPC v Nicholas Enterprises (1979) 40 FLR 83
Contract, arrangement or understanding

TPC v Service Station Association Ltd (1993) 44 FCR 206
Anti-competitive agreements; Price Fixing

V

Visy Paper Pty Ltd v ACCC [2003] HCA 59
Sectison 45 and 47 - anti-overlap