Assignment: Preparation of a case note Date Due: 5pm Saturday 27 January Length: 1500 word limit (Footnotes are not included in the word limit as long as they only contain references.) Instructions:...

Assignment:
Preparation of a
case note

Date Due: 5pm Saturday 27 January

Length: 1500 word limit
(Footnotes are not included in the word limit as long as they only contain references.)

Instructions:

You are a solicitor working in a commercial law firm. Your client is the owner of a large chain of Australian toy stores, Munchkins R Us. The legal compliance officer at Munchkins R Us, Melissa Rogers, has asked you for advice on the legal implications of two recent Federal Court judgments:
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Woolworths Limited
[2016] FCA 1472 and
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd
[2014] FCA 1405.

As context for this advice, Munchkins R Us recently established a new ‘Special Suppliers Club’ and has invited all of its suppliers to join this club for a monthly fee of $200. Members of the ‘Special Suppliers Club’ will be provided with ‘member benefits’ consisting of a monthly e-newsletter and an annual Christmas party. In addition, these suppliers have been informed that after the introduction of the club, products from ‘non-member suppliers’ will no longer be promoted or displayed in high traffic areas of stores.

Ms Rogers has specifically asked you to advise Munchkins R Us as to whether its Special Suppliers Club complies with the ACL in light of these judgments (ACCC v Woolworths; ACCC v Coles).