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Challenge Plastics Pty Ltd v Collector of Customs

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AGLC: Challenge Plastics P/L v. Collector of Customs for the State of Victoria [1993] FCA 340 ((1993) 115 ALR 149; (1993) 42 FCR 397)
Case: [1993] FCA 340
Decision Date: 28 MAY 1993

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Challenge Plastics P/L v. Collector of Customs for the State of Victoria [1993] FCA 340 ((1993) 115 ALR 149; (1993) 42 FCR 397)

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Goldberg v Brown [2003] VSC 104

Cases Citing This Decision

Carvana v State of New South Wales [2024] NSWSC 254
Citation 1

…LR 113 Challenge Plastics Pty Ltd v Collector of Customs for the State of Victoria (1993) 42 FCR 397; [1993] FCA 340 Chapel Road v Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2007] NSWSC 975 Coyle v State of New South Wales [2006] NSWCA 95 Director of Public Prosecutions v Tamcelik [2012] NSWSC 1008; 224 A…
Middlin-Hannah v The Queen [2020] SASCFC 112
Citation 2 (Para 13)

…ying police powers.[35] That is not this case. [33] Challenge Plastics v Customs (1993) 42 FCR 397 at 404-406 (Heerey J). [34] See, eg Goldberg v Brown (2003) 38 MVR 389 at [13] (Osborn J); Greer v Commissioner of New South Wales Police (2002) 128 A Crim R 586; Tye v Commissioner of Police (1995) 84 A Crim R 147; Wr…
McElroy v The Queen [2018] VSCA 126
Citation 3 (Para 1)

…y years, but noted the decision of Heerey J in Challenge Plastics Pty Ltd v The Collector of Customs [21] as an exception. [20][1970] 1 QB 693. [21](1993) 42 FCR 397, 406–7.…
Siddique v Martin [2016] VSCA 274
Citation 4

…[13](1993) 42 FCR 397.…
Carr v The State of Western Australia [2016] WASCA 78
Citation 5

…Bunning v Cross [1978] HCA 22; (1978) 141 CLR 54 Challenge Plastics Pty Ltd v Collector of Customs (Vic) (1993) 42 FCR 397; (1993) 115 ALR 149 Crofts v The Queen (1996) 186 CLR 427; [1996] HCA 22 Ghani v Jones [1970] 1 QB 693 Giglia v The State of Western Australia [2010] WASCA 9 Greer v Commissioner of New South Wa…
XX v Australian Crime Commission (No 3) [2016] FCA 437
Citation 6 (Para 8)

…lawfully issued falls upon ASIC. Reliance was placed upon the decision of Heerey J in Challenge Plastics Pty Ltd v Collector of Customs (Vic) (No 2) (1994) 49 FCR 541. Heerey J said (at 543): ‘Generally speaking, administrative acts are presumed to be valid and the onus is on the party seeking to challenge them: ……
Gilead Sciences Pty Ltd v Idenix Pharmaceuticals LLC [2016] FCA 169
Citation 7

…Patents (1971) 123 CLR 529 Fallshaw Holdings Pty Ltd v Flexello Castors & Wheels Plc (1993) 26 IPR 565 Genentech Inc v The Wellcome Foundation Ltd (1988) 15 IPR 423 Grant v Commissioner of Patents [2006] FCAFC 120; (2006) 69 IPR 221 H Lundbeck A/S v Alphapharm Pty Ltd [2009] FCAFC 70; (2009) 177 FCR 151 Henriksen v…
R v N [2015] QSC 91
Citation 8 (Para 1)

…committed by the occupier or (c) had been used as an instrument of a crime committed by the owner/occupier. [15] Levine v O’Keefe [1930] VLR 70; Challenge Plastics Pty Ltd v Collector of Customs (1993) 43 FCR 396. [16][1969] 3 All ER 1700, 1704-1705. Ghani v Jones was recently approved by the House of Lords in Rottman v Commissioner of Police of the Met…
Fieldturf Tarkett Inc v Tigerturf International Ltd [2014] FCA 647
Citation 9

…Biolabs Inc (2000) 99 FCR 56; [2000] FCA 283 Fallshaw Holdings Pty Ltd v Flexello Castors & Wheels Pty Ltd (1993) 26 IPR 565; [1993] FCA 340 Fomento Industrial SA v Mentmore Manufacturing Co Ltd [1956] RPC 87 General Tire & Rubber Co v Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co [1972] RPC 457 Genetics Institute Inc v Kirin-Amg…
R v Gary Shane Austin (No 2) [2010] ACTSC 136
Citation 10 (Para 1)

…d therefore statutorily provides for the extent of the authority to seize related items (cf Challenge Plastics Pty Ltd v Collector of Customs (1993) 42 FCR 397) and s 187(7) which authorises the seizure of items much more broadly, namely connected with the offence but not specified or, alternatively, connected with…
Zhang v Commissioner, Australian Federal Police [2009] FCA 1170
Citation 11 (Para 14)

…called that the extent of that power “ is that conferred by the statute, no more and no less ”: Challenge Plastics Pty Ltd v Collector of Customs (1993) 42 FCR 397 at 408 to 409. Each of the requirements imposed by s 3E(5) and the other provisions in Pt 1AA, it is considered, must be construed according to the terms…
Parker v Comptroller-General of Customs [2009] HCA 7
Citation 12 (Para 20)

…Ace Custom Services Pty Ltd v Collector of Customs (NSW) (1991) 31 FCR 576 at 584-585 per Davies J; Challenge Plastics Pty Ltd v Collector of Customs (1993) 42 FCR 397 at 400-401 per Heerey J.…
Au v Keelty [2007] FCA 77
Citation 13 (Para 13)

…extended beyond limits which the law prescribes: see Levine v O'Keefe [1930] VLR 70 at 72 ; Challenge Plastics Pty Ltd v Collector of Customs (Vic) (1993) 42 FCR 397 at 402-409. In this matter, the reason offered by the police for not releasing the money to the applicant was given in a letter of 4 April 2006: The AF…
Lashansky v Legal Practice Board [2006] WASC 247
Citation 14 (Para 3)

…In Challenge Plastics Pty Ltd v Collector of Customs (Vic) (No 2) (1994) 49 FCR 541, Heerey J considered the actions of the Collector of Customs in entering premises and removing documents under a Customs Warrant, but without the consent of the owner. Heerey J held (at 543): "Generally speaking, administrative acts…
Egglishaw v Australian Crime Commission [2006] FCA 819
Citation 15 (Para 2)

…awfully issued falls upon ASIC. Reliance was placed upon the decision of Heerey J in Challenge Plastics Pty Ltd v Collector of Customs (Vic) (No 2) (1994) 49 FCR 541. Heerey J said (at 543): ‘Generally speaking, administrative acts are presumed to be valid and the onus is on the party seeking to challenge them: … Ho…
Kennedy v Baker [2004] FCA 562
Citation 16 (Para 23)

…a prima facie case the burden of justifying the legality of the decision vests in the executive: Challenger Plastics v Collector of Customs (No 2) (1994) 49 FCR 541, 543; R v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Ex parte Khawaja [1984] AC 74, 112.’ It seems that a similar submission was made to Hely J in Wil…
Laurens v Willers [2002] WASCA 183
Citation 17

…iverpool Overseers (1874) LR QB 180 Binions v Evans [1972] Ch 359 Bunning v Cross (1978) 141 CLR 54 Challenge Plastics Pty Ltd v Collector of Customs (1993) 42 FCR 397 Dalton v McNaughton (1903) 29 VLR 144 Field v Sullivan [1923] VLR 70 GH Photography Pty Ltd v McGarrigle [1974] 2 NSWLR 635 Ghani v Jones [1970] 1 QB…
Grove Hill Pty Ltd v Great Western Corporation Pty Ltd [2002] FCAFC 183
Citation 18

…LR 119 referred to Interlego AG v Toltoys Pty Ltd (1972 - 1973) 130 CLR 461 referred to Fallshaw Holdings Pty Ltd v Flexello Castors and Wheels PLC (1993) 26 IPR 565 referred to F Hoffman-La Roche & Co AG v Commissioner of Patents (1970-71) 123 CLR 529 applied Société des Usines Chimiques Rhône-Poulenc v Commissione…
Wright v Queensland Police Service [2002] QSC 46
Citation 19

…rs (No. 2) (1984) 52 ALR 577 Cassaniti v Croucher (1997) 37 ATR 269 Challenge Plastics Pty Ltd v Collector of Customs (1993) 42 FCR 397 Commissioner of Police v Atkinson (1991) 23 NSWLR 495 Commissioner of Police v Barbaro (2001) 51 NSWLR 419 Ex Parte Bradrose Pty Ltd and Albezia Pty Ltd (1989) 41 A Crim R 274. Geor…
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company v Tyco Electronics Pty Limited [2001] FCA 1359
Citation 20

…Co v Windover & Co (1890) 7 RPC 131, cited. Fallshaw Holdings Pty Ltd v Flexello Castors & Wheels plc (1993) 26 IPR 565, cited. MINNESOTA MINING & MANUFACTURING COMPANY v TYCO ELECTRONICS PTY LIMITED N 723 of 1999 SACKVILLE J SYDNEY 26 SEPTEMBER 2001 IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGIST…
Williams v Keelty [2001] FCA 1301
Citation 21

…eferred to Challenge Plastics Pty Ltd v Collector of Customs (No 2) (1994) 49 FCR 541 distinguished Chong v Schultz (2000) 112 ACrimR 59; [2000] FCA 582 referred to Coward v Allen (1984) 52 ALR 320 referred to Donnelly v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd (1998) 45 NSWLR 570 considered Dunesky & Bay Wool Pty Lt…
Flexible Steel Lacing Company v Beltreco Ltd [2000] FCA 890
Citation 22 (Para 4)

…entive step “unless the combination is substantially a new thing”: see Winner at 294; Fallshaw Holdings Pty Ltd v Flexello Castors and Wheels PLC (1993) 26 IPR 565, 568. But it is the inventiveness of the combination as a whole that must be examined; it is impermissible to determine inventiveness by a piecemeal exam…
Advanced Building Systems Pty Ltd v Ramset Fasteners (Aust) Pty Ltd [1998] HCA 19
Citation 23 (Para 4)

…Elconnex Pty Limited v Gerard Industries Pty Limited (1991) 32 FCR 491 at 509‑510; Fallshaw Holdings Pty Ltd v Flexello Castors and Wheels plc (1993) 26 IPR 565 at 570. [27](1996) 66 FCR 151 at 168.…
Parker v Comptroller-General of Customs [2008] HCATrans 332
Citation 24

…ontrary to a sensible purpose for the Act, we cannot put that any better than Justice Heerey did in Challenge Plastics Pty Ltd v Collector of Customs (1993) 42 FCR 397 commencing at the foot of page 400 over to page 401.…
Aktiebolaget Hässle v Alphapharm Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 628
Citation 25

…S Svendsen Inc v Independent Products Canada Ltd (1968) 119 CLR 156 cited National Research Development Corporation v Commissioner of Patents (1959) 102 CLR 252 referred to Bristol‑Myers Squibb Company v FH Faulding & Co Ltd (1998) 41 IPR 467 cited Anaesthetic Supplies Pty Ltd v Rescare Ltd (1994) 50 FCR 1 cited Re…
Chairman, National Crime Authority v Flack [1998] FCA 932
Citation 26

…88 - cited Ghani v Jones [1970] 1 QB 693 - considered Levine v O’Keefe [1930] VR 70 - referred to Challenge Plastics Pty Ltd v Collector of Customs (1993) 42 FCR 397 - referred to Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 - considered Johns v Australian Securities Commission (1993) 178 CLR 408 - considered Semayne’s Case 5…
Hutt v Enig Pty Ltd [1998] FCA 686
Citation 27

…(See also Fallshaw Holdings Pty Ltd v Flexello Castors and Wheels PLC (1993) 26 IPR 565, 568 ‑ 569).…
Puglisi v Australian Fisheries Management Authority [1997] FCA 846
Citation 28

…Ghani v Jones was considered by Heerey J in this Court in Challenge Plastics Pty Limited v Collector of Customs (1991) 42 FCR 397. In that case the Collector of Customs had seized a quantity of documents pursuant to a customs warrant which was found not to have been valid. His Honour criticised Ghani v Jones as involving a major departure from the law. His H…
Challenge Plastics P/L v The Collector of Customs for the State of Victoria [1994] FCA 286
Citation 29

…as to the ambit of s.214(3) of the Customs Act 1901 (Cth) (the Act) in relatlon to a warrant issued by the respondent. That decision is now reported (1993) 42 FCR 397, 115 ALR 149. After a series of directions hearings and negotiations, the parties are still not able to agree as to the application of s.214(3) to a…
CCL Secure Pty Ltd (formerly Innovia Security Pty Ltd) v De La Rue International Limited [2018] APO 60
Citation 30

…hread in a device having a combination of integers which was found not inventive in Fallshaw Holdings Pty Limited v Flexello Castors and Wheels Plc [1993] FCA 340; 26 IPR 565. The Opponent pointed my attention to several passages of this decision, including at page 570: “…inventiveness must lie, if at all, in the…
Stockstill Limited v Ian Murray Catford, Robert Craig Catford and Colin Charles Catford [2005] APO 22
Citation 31 (Para 1)

…942) 12 AOJP 739 at 741, and cited with approval by Wilcox, Burchett and Foster JJ in Fallshaw Holdings Pty Ltd v Flexello Castors and Wheels Plc 26 IPR 565, “A development which any competent workman in the trade might have made had he needed is not an invention and is wanting in….. subject matter”. A simila…
Marshalltown Trowel Company v Neill Tools Limited [2000] APO 61
Citation 32

…t therefore reside in the inclusion of a finger guard. I was referred to the cases of Fallshaw Holdings Pty Limited v Flexello Castors and Wheels Plc (1993) 26 IPR 565 and Luscent Technologies Inc. v Krone AG (No 3) [2000] FCA 100 (15 February 2000) for examples of this approach.…
Richard Arnot Jones v Interium Pty Ltd [2000] APO 40
Citation 33

…on and an improvement in one integer of an old combination, as in May v Higgins 21 CLR 119, Fallshaw Holdings Pty Ltd v Flexello Castors & Wheels Plc 26 IPR 565, and Winner v Ammar Holdings Pty Ltd (1993) AIPC 90-971. Thus the present invention cannot rely on being a new combination to satisfy the requisite l…
Bally Gaming International, Inc v I.G.T. (Australia) Pty Limited and Aristocrat Leisure Industries Pty Limited [1999] APO 23
Citation 34

…Similar statements regarding the obviousness of combination patents can be found in Fallshaw Holdings Pty Ltd v Flexello Castors & Wheels Plc (1993) 26 IPR 565 at 568, 3M v Beiersdorf (supra) at 266, Welch Perrin & Co Pty Ltd v Worrel (1961) 106 CLR 588 at 611, all cited with approval in Speedy Gantry Hire Pty Ltd v…
DAP Enterprises Pty Ltd v Roberts Designs Pty Ltd & Vagero Pty Ltd [1998] APO 25
Citation 35

…and an improvement in one integer of an old combination, as in May v Higgins , 21 CLR 119, Fallshaw Holdings Pty Ltd v Flexello Castors & Wheels Plc, 26 IPR 565 , and Winner v Ammar Holdings Pty Ltd , (1993) AIPC 90-971. He concluded with the following:…
Hunter Wire Products v Fioris Pty Limited [1997] APO 59
Citation 36

…t in that case the combination itself must be new, and cited the following passage from Fallshaw Holdings Pty Ltd v Flexello Castors and Wheels Plc 26 IPR 565 at 570:…
American Telephone and Telegraph Company v Pacific Dunlop Limited [1997] APO 54
Citation 37

…in that case the combination itself must be new, and referred to the following passage from Fallshaw Holdings Pty Ltd v Flexello Castors & Wheels Plc 26 IPR 565 at 570:…
John Charles Pepperell and Norman Cecil Waterman v Aluminium Specialties Pty Limited [1997] APO 37
Citation 38

…in that case the combination itself must be new, and referred to the following passage from Fallshaw Holdings Pty Ltd v Flexello Castors & Wheels Plc 26 IPR 565 at 570:…
Barrie David Cooper v Sten-Crete Pty Ltd [1997] APO 33
Citation 39

…coating adds a new integer to the combination thereby resulting in a new combination (cf Fallshaw Holdings Pty Ltd v Flexello Castors and Wheels Plc 26 IPR 565).…
E. D. Oates Pty Ltd v Unipac Australia Pty Ltd, Sabco Australia Limited and Shanghai Yi Da Cleaning Products [1997] APO 17
Citation 40

…in that case the combination itself must be new, and referred to the following passage from Fallshaw Holdings Pty Ltd v Flexello Castors & Wheels Plc 26 IPR 565 at 570:…
Goldberg v Brown [2003] VSC 104
Citation 41 (Para 1)

…s applied recently by the New South Wales Supreme Court[4], and whilst there has been some debate as to its appropriateness in the Federal Court (see Challenge Plastics Pty Ltd v Collector of Customs (1991) 42 FCR 397 and Puglisi & Anor v The Australian Fisheries Management Authority & Ors unreported decision of Justice Hill, 28 August 1997) I am satisfi…

Cases Cited

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Ace Custom Services Pty Ltd v Collector of Customs (NSW) [1991] FCA 616
Citation 1

…Ace Custom Services Pty Ltd v Collector of Customs (NSW) (1991) 104 ALR 463.…
MF1 v National Crime Authority [1991] FCA 462
Citation 2

…MF1 v National Crime Authority (1991) 33 FCR 449.…
Melbourne Home of Ford Pty Ltd v Trade Practices Commission (No 3) [1980] FCA 115
Citation 3

…ance in the context of an investigatory enquiry are those enunciated by the Full Court in Melbourne Home of Ford Pty Ltd v Trade Practices Commission (1980) 47 FLR 163 at 173-175. Those principles recognise a much broader concept of relevance than the notion which is applied to determine the admissibility of evidenc…
Melbourne Home of Ford Pty Ltd v Trade Practices Commission [1979] FCA 104
Citation 4

…judge that the principles to be applied in determining relevance in the context of an investigatory enquiry are those enunciated by the Full Court in Melbourne Home of Ford Pty Ltd v Trade Practices Commission (1980) 47 FLR 163 at 173-175. Those principles recognise a much broader concept of relevance than the notion which is applied to determine the admissibility…

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