Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Stefanovski v Digital Central Australia (Assets) Pty Ltd [2018] FCAFC 31 Appeal from: Digital Central Australia (Assets) Pty Ltd v Stefanovski (No 2) [2017] FCA 1000
File number(s): QUD 426 of 2017
Judge(s): MCKERRACHER, ROBERTSON AND DERRINGTON JJ
Date of judgment: 9 March 2018
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Judgments and orders – Judgment for claims not pleaded – No agreement to litigate issues beyond matters raised in pleading – Judgment set aside in part PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Pleading – Adequacy of pleading – Incoherency – Failure to plead essential elements EQUITY – Confidential information – Whether information provided pursuant to franchise agreement had the quality of confidence EQUITY – Injunctions – Width of injunction – Limits on scope of injunction granted under the Australian Consumer Law – Injunction limited to that necessary to prevent further breaches
Legislation: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Sch 2 (Australian Consumer Law) ss 18, 21, 22
Cases cited: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Sensaslim Australia Pty Ltd (in liq) (No 7) [2016] FCA 484 Banque Commerciale SA, En Liquidation v Akhil Holdings Ltd (1990) 169 CLR 279 Browne v Dunn (1894) 6 R 67 Del Casale v Artedomus (Aust) Pty Ltd (2007) 73 IPR 326 Fractionated Cane Technology Ltd v Ruiz-Avila [1988] 1 Qd R 51 Gould & Birbeck & Bacon v The Mount Oxide Mines Ltd (in Liq) (1916) 22 CLR 490 Holdway v Arcuri Lawyers (a firm) [2009] 2 Qd R 18 Ingot Capital Investments Pty Ltd v Macquarie Equity Capital Markets Ltd (2008) 73 NSWLR 653 Krueger Transport Equipment Pty Ltd v Glen Cameron Storage & Distribution Pty Ltd (2008) 78 IPR 262 Moorgate Tobacco Co Ltd v Philip Morris Ltd (No 2) (1984) 156 CLR 414 NRM Corp Pty Ltd v ACCC [2016] FCAFC 98 Saltman Engineering Co Ltd v Campbell Engineering Ltd (1948) 65 RPC 203 Seager v Copydex Ltd [1967] 2 All ER 415 Water Board v Moustakas (1988) 180 CLR 491 Wyzenbeek v Australasian Marine Imports Pty Ltd [2017] FCA 1460
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