Ferguson v Federal Commissioner of Taxation

Case [1979] FCA 2


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pl.ail~?;ifE and v c r e :i.il

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0x1

condi-t i .ons o:f

elaploymen.!.,

l~ou.;-c;

of' WOTI: 01' :.!01.'1: 'i.!~;:; co:lc;?::Li:,fi:;

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n o r t h west cocls-l; sub-bra ixh

of

tho Unibn v,rexlc angry at -bhe

l

p l a i n - t i f f ls

weeltcnd

t r a d i n g

I n meat.

During

the

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days

t h r e e members

i n t he r e t a i l s e c t i o n of

t h e sub-branch

I

complainctcl :to F5r.

Swallo~v of

t h e plaj.11-1;if'f S conduct i n r e l a t i o n

t o Sa-turday morning

t r a d i n g and

inquirecl v!het:l~er t h e p o l i c y o f

t11

Union had changed.

A s a r e s u l t of -these complaints M r .

Svrallow

aga in spoke t o M r .

Wright,

a d ~ i s e d

him t h a t because of Union

pol-icy he had no

op t ion but

Lo

cons idc r t a k i n g s c t i o n t o prevent

, the supp1.y of ineat t o t h e pl-ain-1;iff and accord ing ly he vould acivi

the members of t h e Union i n Tosrnmia of t h e p l a i n t i f f I s at - t i t i ldc .

On

20 October Mr, S ~ ~ a l l o w

v i s i t e d

N .

Wright

and

advised him

- tha t he had

no

opJiion bu-t t o t a k e a c t i o n t o s t o p t h e

supply of

mcat -to t h e p l a i n t i f f .

Wi-th a view t o achieving this

M r .

S v ~ a l l o ~ r

contac-ted v!holcsalers

of meat i n Tasnlania t o

\

ascer-Lzin vihich

of.

them

supp l i ed n:ea-t; t o t h e p l a i n t i f f .

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a s c e r t a i n e d

t h a t

the

only

su-ppl ie r of

mzat

t o

t h e

p l a i n t j - f f

was Holman, Mr. Svlallo~r

-then contac-tcd M r .

T\,ielrose I-lolmzrl a

i

direc-I;oll of Holmsn by . te lephone and xo3.d him t h a t a c t i o n would be

t aken t o prevcn-t; suppl-y of

meat t o t h e p l a i n t i f f .

On

23 Oc-Lober Mr.

Si~raliow c a l l e d a meeting of ~ne~nb~zrs

crnpl.oyec! by

Holman

.in i t s \~!liolesal-e

and

r e - t a i l s e c t i o n s ,

twelity

i n a l l , 2nd advri.s.zcl then: of

the ac.tj.011 be ing ta.ken i n rela-!!ion

t o -Lhc supp1.y

of

meu-t -to t h e p l a i n t i f f .

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i n t h e t r a d i n g p a t t e r n occurred i n Burnie

it cannot

be

thought

'

I

p robable t h a t - t raders j.n

Devonport would

extend t h e i r meat

t r a d i n i hours

i n t o Sa twday .

F i n a l l y ff t h e sell-i.ng of meat

on

Sa.turday mornings d i d

spread t o Devonport it cannot bc

s a i d t o be probable t h a t

Holman would open on Sa.turdays.

According1.y I a m n o t

s a t i s f i e d on

a

balance

of

p r o b a b i l i t i e s

t h a t t h e

d.ominant

purpose of frie conduct engaged i n by Holman's einployces, namely

t o f o r c e

t h e

p l a i n t i f f

t o d i scon t inue

i t s p r a c t i c e

of

s e l l i n g

meat

on

Saturdays

Is

s u b s t a n - t i a l l y r e l a t e d

t o t h e

remuneration

cond i t ions of employment,

hours of work o r working cond i t ions

of those employees o r of any o t h e r empl-oyee of Holman.

I

The IJnlonfs - _ I

Actions- ~ . 4 5 ~ ( 5 )

I

a.m

unable

t o accep t t h e con ten t ion t h a t wi th in

t h e

meaning of

s .450 (5 )

t h e Union toolc a l l reasonable s t e p s t o

prevent

t h e p a r t i c i p a ~ t s

from engaging i n t h e relevan-t: conduct.

The

t r u t h i s r a t h e r t h e r eve r se .

It has been Union p o l i c y

s i n c e

1968 t h o t where

t h e r e

i s

any

a t t empt t o t r a d e

o u t s i d e

t h e

f i v e

day working

week,

Monday

t o Fr iday

i n c l u s i v e ,

s u p p l i e s

of Ineat t o i;hc offending retailer

should be stopped.

M r . Swa1la.i.r

s a i d t h a - t t h e p o l i c y w a s

c l e a r ,

he

had

no

d i s c r e t i o n ,

2nd

h i s

duty was t o impleincn-1; it.

When t h e 1na-i;ter canx up

Union re-consic1e1-ation as a rc:;u:L-l

-I '

of

these prbocrcdings ~ n r ?

pij l l(>y ::is i n ~ ~ S ~ . t a l ~ i > c

a f f i m e d .

Ccrl:nin:l.)r -the Union li:~::

:;D

i! c t c d 1,i-1n.t l;hn ')an on -1hc y1.a:i.nt.i i'f

and i t s imp3.ementation has been suopcndcd u n t i l t h i s case has

been

decided,

bu t

it

i s c l e a r t h a t b u t

f o r t h e

i n t e r v e n t i o n

of

tlre

Court ,

and sub;joct t o any

ordeer r e s t r a i n i n g t h e

defendant:;

from

t a k i n g a c t i o n t o enforce

the

ban,

t h e p r o b a b i l i t y

i s t h a t i - l ; . w i l l be

enforced.

The

followil?g passage

i n M r .

SwaZl.ow1 S

evidence

i s r e l e v a n t :-

"MR mEFEY:

And assiming t h e supermarket does n o t bow

t o your wishes t h e bnn ' . v i l l go back on?---The

wishes

of

-the mcrnbership, M r . licerejr.

It i s q u i t e obvious

why

the

reso1.u-Lion was

c a r r i e d i n t h i s v e i n ;

t h e

~nembei-s bel.ic?vc w e

can win

i - t in

c o u r t .

I suppose every l i t i g a n i b e l i e v e s he

can win and I do

no-t blnrnz ysu for3 l;!ja-L.

Rm:ever,

t h e f a c t of t h e mat-ker

i s if you do win t h e ban goes back 0x1 and u l l e s s

S i n g l i n e s

Supermarkst

ag rees

t o t h o

union

dernand

t h e

ban w i l l s t a y on pcrmme;l-i:ly?---I

wou.ld. put it t h i s way,

t h a t if \re

v i n and we expect t o - the supernlarlcet

p ropr ic - to r s vF1.1

sec

th;t

they a r a

doing t h e r i g h t

t h i n g

and

s t e p i n t o l i r ~ e

1.1.i t h . t ; h ~ t

agreement.

Step

i n t o l - i l ~ e

under th rea t of a ban?---I

did n o t say that.

There

are

a11 s o r t s of

t h i n g s t h a t happen when

t h e y

get

b e a t

i n c o u r t .

If

t h e y do

n o t

s t e p i n t o l ine?---I

b e l i e v e

t h e

supermarket

p r o p r i e t o r s

a r e

reasonab1.e

e l - l o w s .

They

hsve

n o t

done

t h e rigll-L thing ua t o iiate b u t t h e r e i s no reason ~ i i y t h e y w i l l not vli~er: t h e y g e t defes.t;ed 'n3 , r e i n t h e c o u r t .

If your prediction tu~-.ils

out

t o be

c o r r e c t ar,d they do

con-tinue t o t r a d e a s 'ihcjr

Ilave be fo re ,

t he ban w i l l go

on wj.1-l it not'?-----Thzt w i l l be up t o t h e merrlbcrs of the

union,

w i l l it no t .

You at . t i- tude,

do n o t expect any chance

frnorn t h e i r p rev ious ly expresecd

do you?-----No-t; a t -t;h.is s t a g e .

It i s over-

iyhelming

rea l - ly ,

a

unanimous

dccisi .on.

It

i s . c l e a r t h a t t he ball

and

i t s ir~plcrncnta.t ion

proceeded

with t h e f u l l suppor t 2nd ar~courogrment of

the Union and it

w a s only- af-tcr the b a n had boon

i n ir:iple~-neatation.

from 23 0ctol;cr

t o t lx? m:idfi].e

of

Noveri?'xr

3.~1:;-t .tl?.z-i the WI- I~OI ' I 1:onk

any a c t i o n

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d i d so

t h o ~ l on] y

t o conlp.Ly

uj.

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rctjui. rr mcnt s

and

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r e v i v a l and

Aidiny; an.d kbe'k-tin~&

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am

sa.t j .sficd -1;l:a-[-. M r .

S;;ralJ.ow has

p e r s o n a l l y a ided and

abet-Led -the par-ticipaut;:; i n Lhc impos i t i cn and. i n p l e m e n - I of

the ban.

I-Ie pel-sonalhy toolc a c t i o n designed -to ensure -Uiat. the

implementation

of

t h e bzn would be

e f f e c t i v e i n

\

depriving t h e plaintiff o f a l l mcat supp l i es .

I t was he' who

having

ascer ta i r le d

t h a t

t h e

p l a i n t i f f

would

n o t

conipl-y \\;it&

the

Union dernarld that: it cease t o t r a d e i n meat on Saturdays ,

I

searched f o r and

found t h a t -the p l a . i n t i f f

S

only whol-esale

suppl iel i was ISolrnan arid intimated t o it tliat. t h e r e would be a ban on fu r the r , s u p p l i e s t n t h e p:l.ai.n:tiff. It was Mr. Swnl1oi.r

who

c a l l e d t h e meeting of

the r e l e v a n t employees a

~

put

d

before

t h e meeting t h e "case1' referred t o by Mr.

Icing.

That h i s coriducl

was designed t o encourage iu-~d indeed t o procure t h e imposi-ti.012

of t h e ban and i-ts i.mpl_c.r~!c.nt~tl.on

is q u i t e c l e a r .

Indcccl Mr.

Swallow regardccl it as no rmre .than his ciu-l;y t o do so.

That he

s o regarded j:l;

i s n o t ~ ~ e l e v a i i t

.to t h e cluc:;t:ion

whether

o r n o t h2

and

a k - b t e d t h e

pa r t i c i ; - , an t s i n t h e

comrnissiol~ of

t h e

r e l e v a n t

cc:

See the remarks of Viscaunt :;."non L.C. i n Crof-ter J-land !'!oven 111r?'?'

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I n view of

t h e adjournmc?n:i; of these pr.ocecdings s o f a r

a s tl?cy rc?la-i:c t o penal:l;y

or- dai;~ages whicl!

j.:;

p a r t of t h e

order. 'to Lx:

madc -th:i.s d r l ~ ~ ,

i.1;

is

unnccer::;asy

-t;o d e a l t~i- i ; l ; -ttie

con-1-.cn-t,i.on (v ) raj.sed utlCc:~:,

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3-1;

-i-.hj.s s-t:!!r~.

sub:;-Lan'Lrial l o s s arid dm:igc

t o t h e bus iness of f;lie p1ain'l;iff

l

and t h a t it would have cont inued 'to cause such l o s s and

damage so l.oi?g as tlie part:i.c.i.pxnts engaged t h e r e i n .

The

circwns-tances were

such t h a t t h e plainml;i.ff was unable

t o

o b t a i n

adequate

a l t e r n a t i v e

s u p p l i e s

and

t h a t

i t s

c a p a c i t y

t o

o b t a i n such

supp3.ics w o ~ l d

become l e s s a s time went on.

The

e f f e c t on

t h e

b u s i ~ i e s s

of

the p l a i n t i f f

of

t h e r e l e v a n t

conduct a s r evea led hy -tl:c

evidence was i n substanca t h a t t h e r e

was a recluc"c:ion

i n s a l e s 01 meat for. eacl-I week

dur ing t h e ,

l

.con'tinv.ance of

the

r e l e v n i ~ t

c o i ~ d ~ l c t ,

of approximatel-y one-

third.

From

average norixal

s a l c s i n hhe v i c i n i t y of

a g r o s s

l

amount of

about $4,400.00

t h e r e was

a g r o s s p r o f i t of

about

$1 ,4.00.00.

Allowing f o r expenses of s a l e s of $951+ made up of

wages,

p l a n t , wrapping,

power,

insurance and. ho l iday and

long

s e r v i c e

l eave

en t i t l en ie f i~ i ;~

-the ne-t p r o f i t was

84-46.

A

r educ t ion of

one-third

i n s a l e s ~ e s u l t e d

in a reduc t ion of

one

tl3.ird of

t h e g r o s s p ro f i t . .

The

t ~ c k l y

g r o s s p r o f i t was

reduced

t.0 about $934.00.

Hut

f o r .the most p a r t , it appears , overheads

(expenses of

s a l e s )

r e a i a i q ~ d

col-1s.tan-t: anti the 103s of

s a l e s

reduc:ed

-Uie n e t p r o f i t by

considerab1.y more

than t h e l o s s of

g r o s s profi-t . on those s a l c s ,

A:L!.otring

f o r savings on such i-Le!-!?s

a:;

wrappings and packing cl1 the lost s a l e s the overheat! expenses

i n r e s p e c t of

-the reduced

sa2.e.s

l j i~u ld

be reduced from $954

t o $3892

Z e n v i l ~ g

a

n e t p r o f i t o f

5,!;,42.

The

r e s u l t

i s - that t h e

l o s s of

s a l e s caused a l o s s of

a n e t pro:f'i-L of about $400 per

weel.;.

The evidence of - t h i s l o s s -,*{as

n o t

give11 i n p r e c i s e

fern

: and was -t;21e sub;S&c-t;

of' much inves-i-.iga.l;rion but; P do n o t

' doubt

tlia-l; the l o s s dur ing the pe r i otl

o:f

-idle rc1cvan.i; contiuct w a s of the

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Accordingly

I

an

s a t i s f i e d t h a t

it

is e s t a b l i s h e d t h a t

t h e Union i s deemed Lo

have

ac-Led I n concer t wi th t h e

p a r t i c i p a n t s i n engaging

i n coriduct wl?ich prevented the

supply

by Hol~nan

t o t h e p l a i n t i f f

co rpora t ion

of

goods

2nd

s e r v i c e s

f o r t h e purpose of caus ing si.lhs-Lantial. l o s s and damage

.to the

bus iness of

t h e p l a i n t i f f

and v:hicli

e~ou ld

have caused and was

l i k e l y t o have t h e

e f f e c t of

caus ing such l o s s and clarcage t o

-the p l a i n t i f f ,

t h a t 'the dornirian-t purpose

f o r which

such

conduct was

engaged i n was t c cause t h e p l a i n t i f f i n the

opera t ion of

i t s supermarket 'to ccase t o s e l l pacltaged meat

on

Saturday mornings and I am

sc"lJcisffc-cl t h a t such purpose was; n o t

s u b s t a n t i a l l y r e l a t e d t o

the

remw~eral;ion conditiolzs

of

employnicn-1;

hours

of

work

of

t h e p a r t i c i p a n t s o r of'

any o t h e r person

employed

by

Holman,

t h e

en1~:loyer of

. the p a r t i c i p a n t s .

I

am

accordingly sa.i;isfied t h a t t h e p a r t i c i p n t s committed

a con t raven t ion of

t h e provis icns

of

S. 4 5 ~ ( 1 )

i n r e f u s i n g

t o

handle

and

r e f r a i n i r , ~

. f ~ ~ i i l

l oad ing ,

dcl j -ver ing

o r

othcrwis e

handl ing meat

ordered by

th=. p l a i n t i f f from Holman

f o r s a l e

i n i t s supermarket.

1 am

a l s o sat is l ' j -ed t h a t t h e defendant S:.rallc

a ided and abet-bed,

coun:,elled ~ ~ n d

procured .the contr.aven%ion

'by

t h e

I

Am

n o t

s a t j - s f i c d t h e t t h e

conduc-t of

the

p a r t i c i p a n l ; ~

d id

o r was

l i k e l y t o have

the

e f f e c t of

causing

a

s u b s t a n t i a l l e s s c n i ~

of co~npe tit acquil-cs goods and scrvicc:; .

i o n i n any nlar3ce -L

i n which

t h e p l a i n - t i f f

S-upplie

s o~

In t h e r e s u l t it

is firdel-ed: -

l.

t h a t t h e dcfexdan-l;,? snd each of

them and i n t h e case of

t>1c2 sc<;~fl(j,

y)?l:!<,<!

cle:L; , , . ! : ; , . . j i - : ;

1:)j~

:i..[-:; ~ - ~ ! ~ ! ~ ~ t ) ~ ; ~ . - ~ ~ ,

o.fj. ' i(;<>ybs

(>:l?

:;t.rvaizts be pnr;)~.tu::~:L:Ly

rr!strainec! f rom -

(a)

doing o r con-t inuj-II~

o r beink

a p a r t y t o t h e doing

o r cont inuing of

any a c t i n concer t with

any o t h e r

person consti-ku-tinl; t he engaging i n conduct f o r

i

I

t h c purpose

o f hjn;lcr.i.ng o r prevent ing t h e supply

by S.P. Holnla~l

P:

Sons P ty .

Ltd.

t o t h e p l a i n t i f f

Wribass PLy.

Ltd. o r 'the imposi t ion and implementation

of

any ban

upon

t h e i c a d i n g ,

del . ivery o r o the r

handl ing of mea-i: o r meat products ordered o r

r e q u i r e d 11y the p l a i n t i f f

from

S.P.

Molman & Sons

Pty.

Ltd .

o r in-tended f o r d e l i v e r y t o

the

p l a i n - t i f f

and f ron~

a i d i n g ,

ab.z.tting,

counse l l ing ,

procur ing

o r

inducing any perscrl

t o a c t o r a c t i n g i n concer t wi th

,

any o t h e r pcrsor. o r persons i n the engaging in m y such

conduct o r the cont inuing o r imple~nenting of any suc.11 b

o r a t t empt ing s o t:o

a i d , abe t ,

counse l ,

procure o r indu

(b)

a i d i n g ,

a b e t t i n g ,

coa:sel l ing,

procur ing ,

beirig

concern

o r

inducing o r s t t ca ln t ing t o iiiduce any person h hat eve

t o engage inVconduc-i.

i n concor t wi th

o t h e r p e r s o m

zo

a

t o h i n d e r

o r prcven.i: t h e

p l a i n t i f f

from

obtaini-llg meat

products f o r the purpose

of

i t s bus iness a t 230 I~lount

S t r e e t , Durnie froio S.P.

JIolman & Sons Pty. Ltd..

-Ihat these proceeding:: st; f a r a s -they rc1.2te 'to

t h e

+

2 ,

questions of doniag~ or* pi;;al~ty IIC adzourr~ed

t o

d;te

to be j

.

?

I

~ ! ; ~ : ~ l j c ? . - t i n ? l

of

:l!:y

p a r t y ;

. *

t o be

taxed. by

the

D i s t r i c t Regis t rar of

and inc identa l t o these procecdj.ngs and the cos t s i n

! !

the i n t e r l o c u t o l . ~

procecdi-ngs herein which have

been reserved;

t ha t

-tiie17e be

1 . i . b l r - t ~

t o any

p a r t y t o appl-y .

Details
AGLC
Ferguson v Federal Commissioner of Taxation [1979] FCA 2
Case
[1979] FCA 2
Decision Date

CaseChat Overview and Summary

The case of Ferguson v Federal Commissioner of Taxation involved a dispute between the plaintiff, a supermarket corporation, and the defendant, a union representing employees of a meat wholesaler. The plaintiff alleged that the union and its members engaged in conduct that prevented the supply of meat to the plaintiff's supermarket, causing substantial loss and damage to the plaintiff's business. The court had to decide whether the union's conduct contravened the provisions of the relevant act and whether the union aided and abetted the contravention.

The court found that the dominant purpose of the union's conduct was to force the plaintiff to cease selling meat on Saturday mornings, which was not substantially related to the employees' remuneration conditions, hours of work, or working conditions. The court also found that the union did not take all reasonable steps to prevent its members from engaging in the relevant conduct, and that the union actively aided and abetted the contravention. The court concluded that the union and its members had contravened the provisions of the act and ordered that they be restrained from engaging in the relevant conduct.

The court also found that the union's conduct had caused substantial loss and damage to the plaintiff's business, reducing its sales by approximately one-third and resulting in a net profit loss of about $400 per week. The court awarded damages to the plaintiff for the loss and damage caused by the union's conduct.

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