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Howard and Mr. M. Young for Plaintiff \par Mr. G.P. Lala for Defendants \par \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 JUDGMENT \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par On the }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 3rd of July}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 this court granted on the }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 ex-parte}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 application of the plaintiff company, the publisher of the }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{ \b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 Fiji Times'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 newspaper, an interim injunction restraining the defendants who are the owner and publisher respectively, of the }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 Daily Post' }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 newspaper, }{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 {\*\bkmkstart QuickMark}{\*\bkmkend QuickMark}from}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 : }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 "... supplying and or offering to supply and, or advertising the supply of advertising services to supermarkets on condition that they agree to advertise exclusively ... in the Daily Post newspaper."}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par \par On t he same day the granting and terms of the injunction were notified to the 2nd defendant by a facsimile letter sent by the plaintiff's solicitors and in compliance with the court's order all relevant papers and a sealed copy of the injunction were served o n the registered office and principal place of business of the 1st defendant company. \par \par The following day }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 4th July}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 this Court entertained an oral application by solicitors acting for the plaintiff company seeking a variation of the terms of the original injunction.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 }{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 This was made necessary because despite the injunction, radio and television advertisements referring to }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{ \i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 exclusive'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 advertising by supermarkets in the }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 Daily Post}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 newspaper, were broadcast during the evening of the }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 3rd July}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 .}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 The injunction order wa s then amended so as to include a further injunction restraining the defendants from}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 :}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 "... publishing or broadcasting any advertisement commercial or promotional statement whatsoever which refers directly or indirectly to exclusive advertising arrangemen ts made or proposed to be made by the defendants in respect of supermarket advertising." \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par On }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 5th July }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 the defendants' solicitors returned an }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{ \i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 acknowledgment of service'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 and at the same time lodged an application for the removal or dissolution of the injunc tion supported by a brief affidavit deposed by the 2nd defendant.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 In it the 2nd defendant denies any illegality in its actions and asserts }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 "(its) freedom ... to do such advertisements at such rate as the Defendant ... as the defendants thinks fit."} {\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par More particularly, the defendants deny any breaches of the }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 Fair Trading Decree}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 and states }{ \i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 (without any details)}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 that, }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 "... the injunction is causing serious loss and harm ..."}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 Finally, it is asserted that should the plaintiff succeed in its action damages would be an adequate remedy.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 The defendant's summons was fixed to be heard on the }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 11th of July}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 . \par \par On }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 10th July}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 the managing director of the plaintiff company filed an affidavit opposing the dissolution of the injunction and in turn sought }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 "... an order bolstering the present injunction."}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 The affidavit contained annexures which clearly, even graphically, demonstrated how the plaintiff company has lost supermarket advertising as a direct result of defendant's allegedly illegal activity. \par \par I am grateful to both counsels for the comprehensive submissions and authorities placed before the court to assist it in its deliberations on the relevant prov}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 i}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 sions of the }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 Fair Trading Decree 1992}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 which is designed }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 "... to promote the interests of consumers and the effective and ef ficient development of industry, trade and commerce through the encouragement of fair competition and to 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{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 (a)\tab a reference to a condition shall be read as a reference to any condition, whether direct or indirect and whether having lega l or equitable force or not, and includes ... a condition the existence or nature of which is ascertainable only by inference from the conduct of persons or from other relevant circumstances}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 ;}{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 and \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par }\pard \ql \fi-720\li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 (b)\tab a reference to competition ... shall be read as a refer ence to competition in any market in which- \par }\pard \ql 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\li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 supplies ... or acquires or ... is likely to supply or acquire ... goods or services or would, but for the conduct, supply ..., or be likely to supply or acquire, goods or services."}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par Finally reference may be usefully made to the terms of }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 Section 4}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 which provides by }{ \b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 subsection 2(a)}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 :}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 "a reference to engagi ng in conduct shall be read as a reference to doing ... any act, including the making of, or the giving effect to a provision of a contract or arrangement, the arriving at, or the giving effect to a provision of, an understanding ..." \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 By }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 Subsection 8}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 :}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 " For the purpose of this Decree, ... "market" means a market in Fiji and when used in relation to any goods or services, includes a market for those goods or services ..." \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par and }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 subsection 39(b)}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 which provides}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 :}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 "a person shall be deemed to have engaged or to engage i}{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 n conduct for a particular purp}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 o}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 s}{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1984547 e ... if}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par }\pard \ql \fi-720\li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 (i)\tab the person engaged or engages in the conduct for purposes that included or include that purpose}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 ;}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1984547 and}{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par }\pard \ql \fi-720\li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 (ii)\tab that purpose ... was or is (a) purpose ..." \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par Having regard to the above provisions in the co ntext of the present case at this interlocutory stage and bearing in mind the relative novelty of fair trading litigation in this Court, after considering the opposing written and oral submissions of counsels for the plaintiff company and the defendants I am satisfied that this Court should approach this application according to the principles or }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 tests' }{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 set-out in the leading case of }{\b\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 American Cyanimid v. Ethicon}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 (1975) A.C. 392}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 namely}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 :}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par \par }\pard \ql \fi-720\li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 (1)\tab Whether there is a }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 serious question to be tried'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 ? \par (2)\tab Whether }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 damage would be an adequate remedy'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 ?;}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 and if not, \par (3)\tab Where does the }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 balance of convenience'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 lie}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 ? \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par As to the first and acknowledged pre-condition to the grant of an interlocutory injunction, learned counsel for the defendants submits in writing that the evidence led by the plaintiff company is insufficient to ground an injunction }{ \b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 i.e.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 the }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{ \i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 onus of proof'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 under }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 Section 46(10)}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 has not been satisfied, and further, the proposal by the first defendant company is of limited duration and will have a }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 pro-competitive'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 effect given the present dominance of by the plaintiff company the likely market. \par \par Orally counsel for the defendants submitted that there was no }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 serious question to be tried'}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 in so far as there was no }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 "substantial lessening of competition"}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 in that the plaintiff company appeared to be only concerned with 7 named supermarkets and not with all supermarkets in Fiji and therefore the effects }{ \i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 (if any)}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 on competition for such advertising would be insubstantial.}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 Pressed to explain how the defendant company's proposal could be }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 pro-competitive'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 counsel submitted that it would be so as a matter of pricing. \par \par I note however that counsel's written submission appears to concede at }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 p.4}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 that }{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 at face value'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 the defendant company's proposal conditioned as it would be does amount to }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 prima facie exclusive dealing'}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 .}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 Furthermore in the context of the }{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 market'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 to be affected, the submission recognises at }{ \b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 p.5}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 within the }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{ \i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 range of possibilities'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 :}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par \par }\pard \ql \fi-720\li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 "(a)\tab Supermarket advertising within Fiji;" \par (b)\tab Newspaper display advertising which might be limited to the Fiji Post and the Fiji Times."}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par I confess that having carefully considered counsel's written and oral submissions and the various authorities referred to, I am constrained to disagree in several respects. \par \par In the first place, in so far as the submission refers to the }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 onus of proof'}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 and the particular elements or requirements of the offence under }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 Section 46(10)}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 it plainly misconceives the nature and purpose of an interlocutory injunction and the clear wording of }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 Section 125(7)} {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 of the }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 Fair Trading Decree}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 . \par \par In this regard }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 Lord Diplock}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 in the }{\b\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1984547 American Cyana}{ \b\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 mid}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 case }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 (op. cit.)}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 said at }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 p.509}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 :}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 "When an application for an interlocutory injunction to restrain a defendant from doing acts }{ \b\i\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 alleged to be in violation of the plaintiff's legal rights is made on contested facts, the decision whether or not to grant an interlocutory injunction has to be taken at a time when ex hypothesi}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 the existence of the right or the violation of it, or both, is uncertain}{\b\i\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 and will remain uncertain until final judgment is given in the action.}{ \b\i\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 }{\b\i\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 It is to mitigate the risk of injustice to the plaintiff }{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 during the period before }{\b\i\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 that uncert}{\b\i\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 a}{ \b\i\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 inty}{\b\i\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 }{\b\i\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 could be resolved that the practise arose of granting him relief by way of interlocutory injunction}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 ;}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 "}{ \b\i\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 (my underlining) \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par and later at }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 p.510}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 after rejecting the notion that the plaintiff was required to establish a }{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 "(strong) prima facie case"}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 in seeking an interlocutory injunction and in affirming the principle that the court must be satisfied }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 "that there is a serious question to be tried"}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 , his lordship said}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 :}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 "It is no part of the court's function at this stage of the litigation to try to resolve conflicts of evidence on affidavit as to facts on which the claims of either party may ultimately depend nor to decide difficult questi ons of law which call for detailed argument and mature considerations.}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 These are matters to be dealt with at the trial." \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par In the second place, and here I agree with the submissions of counsel for the plaintiff company that }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 "... the defendants have by their submissions identified ... serious issues which require to be tried"}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 namely, the issues arising out of a detailed consideration of the provisions of }{ \b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 Section 46(10)}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 . \par \par I am satisfied on the materials before me that the defendant's undisputed letter of }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 June 6th, 1995}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 raises several }{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 serious questions to be tried'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 including the }{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 purpose'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 and }{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 effect'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 of the defendant's }{ \i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 (proposed)}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 conduct outlined in the letter}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 ;}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 the nature of the }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 market'}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 sought to be affected thereby}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 ;}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 and the degree to which }{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 competition'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 within the ascertained }{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 market'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 is being or is likely to be affected by the defendant's proposed conduct. \par \par I turn next to consider where the}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 balance of convenience'}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 lies bearing in mind counsel's submission that damages are an adequate remedy for the plaintiff company and here again I turn to the words of }{ \b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 Lord Diplock }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 in the }{\b\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 American Cyanimid}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 case where he said of the factors to be considered by the court in assessing the }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 balance of convenience'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 at}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 }{ \b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 p.511}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 :}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 "... it is a counsel of prudence to take such measures as are calculated to preserve the status quo.}{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 If the defendant is enjoined temporarily from doing something that he has not done before, the only effect of the interlocutory injunction is to postpone the date at which he is able to embark on a course of action which he has not previously found it necessary to undertake;"}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 and a little later in his judgment}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 :}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 "... the extent to which the disadvantages to each party would be incapable of being compensated in damages in the event of his succeeding at the trial is always a significant factor in assessing where the balance of convenience lies}{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 ;}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 and ... it may not be improper to take account ... the relative strength of each parties}{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 '}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 case as revealed by the affidavit evidence adduced on the hearing of the application." \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par In this regard the following factors have weighed heavily with the Court in assessing where the }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 balance of convenience'}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 lies in this case, namely, this is a novel }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 course of action'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 being undertaken or proposed by the defendants}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 ;}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 the extent of damage likely to be suffered by the plaintiff company and directly occasioned by the defendants' proposed }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 course of action'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 would be extremely difficult to assess or quantify}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 ;}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 and lastly, there is a }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 public interest'}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 element to be considered in the case of an injunction granted under the provisions of the }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 Fair Trading Decree 1992}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 which has as one of its declared objectives}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 :}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 "... to secure effective competition in industry, trade and commerce."}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 (}{\i\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 See also}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 :}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 }{\b\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 ICI Australia Operations Pty. Ltd v. Trade Practice s Commission}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 (1992) A.T.P.R. 41-185}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 .) \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par In all the circumstances I am firmly of the view that the }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6635788 '}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 balance of convenience'}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 lies in the continuation of the interlocutory injunction granted to the plaintiff company and accordingly the defendant's application to dissolve the injunction is dismissed until the final determination of the action, with costs to the plaintiff to be taxed if not agreed. \par \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tqc\tx3968\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 (D.V. Fatiaki) \par }{\b\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 JUDGE \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\b\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 At Suva, \par 9th August, 1995.}{\b\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par }\pard \qr \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1984547 {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7750708 HBC0314J.95S}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3897451\charrsid7750708 \par }}