Seven Network Limited v News Limited (includes corrigendum dated 2 March 2010)

• 1. Trade Practices
  2. › Restrictive trade practices
  3. › Contracts, arrangements or understandings lessening competition
  4. › Purpose of provision in multi-party contract
  5. › Whether all parties must share anti-competitive purpose
  6. › Whether sufficient that one party had proscribed purpose
  7. › Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), s 45(2)(a)(ii), s 45(2)(b)(ii), s 4F, s 4G
• 1. Trade Practices
  2. › Restrictive trade practices
  3. › Contracts, arrangements or understandings lessening competition
  4. › Effect or likely effect of substantially lessening competition
  5. › Retail pay television market
  6. › Whether agreements had effect or likely effect of substantially lessening competition
  7. › Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), s 45(2)
• 1. Trade Practices
  2. › Markets
  3. › Market definition
  4. › Alleged wholesale sports channel market
  5. › Application of SSNIP test
  6. › Whether wholesale sports channel market established on the evidence
• 1. Trade Practices
  2. › Misuse of market power
  3. › Taking advantage of substantial market power
  4. › Whether refusal to deal
  5. › Whether Foxtel deterred or prevented competitive conduct
  6. › Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), s 46

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