R v Associated Northern Collieries
| R v Associated Northern Collieries | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Court | High Court of Australia |
| Full case name | The King and the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth v The Associated Northern Collieries and others |
| Decided | 22 December 1911 |
| Citations | [1911] HCA 73, (1911) 14 CLR 387 |
| Case history | |
| Prior action | Huddart, Parker & Co Pty Ltd v Moorehead (1909) 8 CLR 330 |
| Subsequent action | Melbourne Steamship Co Ltd v Moorehead (1912) 15 CLR 333 |
| Court membership | |
| Judge sitting | Isaacs J |
| Case opinions | |
| I convict the defendants, and each and every of them, of the several offences severally found against them respectively as above stated.[1]: 660 | |
| Laws applied | |
Overruled by | |
| Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd v The King [1912] HCA 58, (1912) 15 CLR 65 | |
R v Associated Northern Collieries[1] (the Coal-Vend Case) is a decision of the High Court of Australia concerning the activities of the Coal-Vend cartel. The convictions entered by Isaacs J in this decision were later set aside by the Full Court (Griffith CJ, Barton and O'Connor JJ) in Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd v The King.[2]
Decision
[edit]Following a trial in the original jurisdiction of the High Court, Isaacs J convicted each of the 40 defendants (16 individuals, 22 corporations and 2 commercial trusts)[1]: 396 of cartel offences against the Australian Industries Preservation Act,[3] a (now repealed) antitrust law based on the United States' Sherman Act.
Political context
[edit]The trial was eagerly followed in the news media. Newspapers such as the Sydney Morning Herald regularly reported on the daily course of the trial.[4]
See also
[edit]- Huddart, Parker & Co Pty Ltd v Moorehead (1909) 8 CLR 330
- Melbourne Steamship Co Ltd v Moorehead (1912) 15 CLR 333
References
[edit]- ^ a b c R v Associated Northern Collieries [1911] HCA 73, (1911) 14 CLR 387.
- ^ Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd v The King [1912] HCA 58, (1912) 15 CLR 65.
- ^ Australian Industries Preservation Act 1906 (Cth).
- ^ "Coal vend case: an official threat to purchase against vend: the Newcastle conversation". Sydney Morning Herald. Trove. 6 May 1911. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
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