R v Associated Northern Collieries

R v Associated Northern Collieries
Court	High Court of Australia
Full case name	The King and the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth v The Associated Northern Collieries and others
Decided	22 December 1911
Citation(s)	[1911] HCA 73, (1911) 14 CLR 387
Case history
Prior action(s)	Huddart, Parker & Co Pty Ltd v Moorehead (1909) 8 CLR 330
Subsequent action(s)	Melbourne Steamship Co Ltd v Moorehead (1912) 15 CLR 333
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
Court membership
Judge(s) sitting	Isaacs J
Overruled by
[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 .^[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and 2 commercial trusts)^[1]: 396 of cartel offences against the Australian Industries Preservation Act,^[3] a (now repealed) antitrust law based on the United States' Sherman Act.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[]

• Huddart, Parker & Co Pty Ltd v Moorehead (1909) 8 CLR 330
• Melbourne Steamship Co Ltd v Moorehead (1912) 15 CLR 333

References[]

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