21 Dec 2017
FONTERRA CO-OPERATIVE GROUP LIMITED v MCINTYRE AND WILLIAMSON PARTNERSHIP AND OTHERS [2017] NZSC 197
- Citation
- [2017] NZSC 197
- Court
- Supreme Court
Majority held respondents were "new entrants" because they applied to become shareholding farmers and Fonterra accepted those applications (including under s 74(3)), bringing them within subpart 5 protections; the three differential terms (additional price reduction, prohibition on sharing-up in first season, and refusal to purchase vats) were not rationally connected to legitimate differing circumstances but acted as penalties and therefore breached s106(1).