Hearings
New Zealand
03 Dec 1990 [1991] 1 AC 344; [1991] 2 WLR 129, PC
Apple Fields Ltd v New Zealand Apple and Pear Marketing Board
Subject Matter
RESTRICTIVE PRACTICES — New zealand — Restrictive practices — Levy — Marketing board under statutory powers imposing levy on certain growers with approval of growers' federation — Whether “arrangement” substantially lessening competition in market — Whether levy exempt from prohibition against restrictive trade practices — Whether lawful — Apple and Pear Marketing Act 1971, s 31 — Commerce Act 1986, ss 27(1), 43(1)
Appellate History
Apple Fields Ltd v New Zealand Apple and Pear Marketing Board [1989] 3 NZLR 158
Decision of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand reversed
Apple Fields Ltd v New Zealand Apple and Pear Marketing Board [1991] 1 AC 344; [1991] 2 WLR 129, PC