Foxtel Management Pty Ltd v Australian Video Retailers Association Limited [2005] FCA 107

Foxtel Management Pty Ltd v Australian Video Retailers Association Limited [2005] FCA 107

The Court declined to order corrective advertising against either party because Foxtel's proposal to withhold such relief against both parties was fair, realistic and equitable. However, AVRA was required to deliver up offending advertising material in its possession, custody or control because it had no legitimate use for that material and Foxtel otherwise faced practical difficulty and expense in recovering material distributed to video stores.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
16 February 2005
Procedural Posture
Practice and Procedure; Misleading and Deceptive Conduct Relief on Claim and Cross Claim / Reasons for Final Relief Following Reasons for Judgment and Interim Orders Made on 8 December 2004
Outcome
Final relief ordered; no corrective advertising ordered against either party; injunctions, delivery up, costs and further directions made.
Legal Topics
['misleading and Deceptive Conduct' 'corrective Advertising' 'injunctions' 'delivery Up for Destruction' 'costs']
['practice and Procedure' 'consumer Protection'] ['misleading and Deceptive Conduct' 'corrective Advertising' 'injunctions' 'delivery Up for Destruction' 'costs']

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Procedural Posture

Practice and Procedure; Misleading and Deceptive Conduct Relief on Claim and Cross Claim / Reasons for Final Relief Following Reasons for Judgment and Interim Orders Made on 8 December 2004

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether corrective advertising should be ordered against either party following findings of misleading and deceptive conduct.' 'Whether AVRA should be ordered to deliver up offending advertising material in its possession, custody or control.' 'What final injunctive and costs orders should be made on the claim and cross-claim.']

Ratio Decidendi

The Court declined to order corrective advertising against either party because Foxtel's proposal to withhold such relief against both parties was fair, realistic and equitable. However, AVRA was required to deliver up offending advertising material in its possession, custody or control because it had no legitimate use for that material and Foxtel otherwise faced practical difficulty and expense in recovering material distributed to video stores.

Court Disposition

Final relief ordered; no corrective advertising ordered against either party; injunctions, delivery up, costs and further directions made.

Orders

  • ['Orders 1 and 3 made on 8 December 2004 on an interim basis be discharged.' "AVRA be restrained from further publishing and distributing and causing to be published and distributed by any means, including at AVRA's website at www.avra.com.au, each of the three sets of advertising material attached to the Court's...