NGB Properties Limited
The High Court has imposed a pecuniary penalty of $500,000 on NGB Property Limited (NGB). NGB admitted to breaching section 28 of the Act by placing an anti-competitive covenant on a site close to Mitre 10 MEGA Tauranga for the purpose of preventing a competitor, Bunnings, from opening a Bunnings Warehouse in the area. NGB is the sister company of Juted Holdings Limited, which operates the Mitre 10 MEGA in Tauranga.
Case Details
Parties
NGB Properties Limited
Category
Anti-competitive conduct
Sub-category
Act/Section
Commerce Act 1986 27, 28, 47
Industry
Retail – other
Status
Closed
Outcome
Judgment
Case Number
[2023] NZHC 2005
Date opened
01 February 2021
Date closed
31 July 2023
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