R v Associated Northern Collieries

R v Associated Northern Collieries
CourtHigh Court of Australia
Full case name The King and the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth v The Associated Northern Collieries and others
Decided22 December 1911
Citations[1911] HCA 73, (1911) 14 CLR 387
Case history
Prior actionHuddart, Parker & Co Pty Ltd v Moorehead (1909) 8 CLR 330
Subsequent actionMelbourne Steamship Co Ltd v Moorehead (1912) 15 CLR 333
Court membership
Judge sittingIsaacs J
Case opinions
I convict the defendants, and each and every of them, of the several offences severally found against them respectively as above stated.[1]: 660 
Laws applied
Overruled by
Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd v The King [1912] HCA 58, (1912) 15 CLR 65

R v Associated Northern Collieries[1] (the Coal-Vend Case) is a decision of the High Court of Australia concerning the activities of the Coal-Vend cartel. The convictions entered by Isaacs J in this decision were later set aside by the Full Court (Griffith CJ, Barton and O'Connor JJ) in Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd v The King.[2]

Decision

Following a trial in the original jurisdiction of the High Court, Isaacs J convicted each of the 40 defendants (16 individuals, 22 corporations and 2 commercial trusts)[1]: 396  of cartel offences against the Australian Industries Preservation Act,[3] a (now repealed) antitrust law based on the United States' Sherman Act.

Political context

The trial was eagerly followed in the news media. Newspapers such as the Sydney Morning Herald regularly reported on the daily course of the trial.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c R v Associated Northern Collieries [1911] HCA 73, (1911) 14 CLR 387.
  2. ^ Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd v The King [1912] HCA 58, (1912) 15 CLR 65.
  3. ^ Australian Industries Preservation Act 1906 (Cth).
  4. ^ "Coal vend case: an official threat to purchase against vend: the Newcastle conversation". Sydney Morning Herald. Trove. 6 May 1911. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
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