Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
ICAP Australia Pty Limited v BGC Partners (Australia) Pty Limited [2005] FCA 130
EMPLOYMENT — Employees resigning without notice - whether inducement to breach contract of employment - "springboard" or "headstart" principle – special services INJUNCTION – interlocutory – restrain from employing - serious question – balance of convenience – probability of injunctive relief at final hearing Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) – ss 182, 183 and 1324 Barnes v Addy(1874) LR9ChApp 244 referred to Capgemini US LLC v Case [2004] NSWSC 674 applied Consolidated Paper Industries Pty Limited v Matthews [2004] WASC 161 referred to Curro v Beyond Productions Pty Limited (1993) 30 NSWLR 337referred to FaccendaChicken Limited v Fowler & Ors [1986] 1 All ER 617. referred to Industrial Rollformers Pty Limited vIngersoll-Rand (Australia) Limited [2001] NSWCA 111 referred to Lumley v Wagner (1852) 42 ER 687 referred to O'Brien v Komesaroff (1982) 150 CLR 310 applied Saltman Engineering Co Limited v Campbell Engineering Co (1948) 65 RPC 203 referred to Terrapin Limited v Builders' Supply Co (Hayes) Limited (1967) RPC 375 referred to Thomas Marshall (Exports) Limited v Guinle [1979] 1 Ch 227 referred to United States Surgical Corporation v Hospital Products International Pty Limited (1983) 2 NSWLR 157 referred to ICAP Australia Pty Limited v BGC Partners (Australia) Pty LIMITED AND ORS N 115 of 2005 JACOBSON J SYDNEY 18 FEBRUARY 2005
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY N 115 of 2005
BETWEEN: ICAP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (ACN 002 216 944)
Applicant
AND: BGC PARTNERS (AUSTRALIA) PTY LIMITED (ACN 092 873 099) First Respondent MARK WEBSTER Second Respondent MARTIN O'BRIEN Third Respondent STEPHEN KENT Fourth Respondent BILLY EL-AKHRAS Fifth Respondent JOHN GAVIN DOUGLASS Sixth Respondent GAYE LOUISE ANABLE, RODNEY CRAIG BROWN, JUSTIN BUCHANAN, BEN ELLBOGEN, JAMES FAY, ROBERT GRIECO, GRANT KULL, CHRIS MAYHEAD, MICHAEL ROCHE, GLEN SOUTHEREN, ADAM JOHN TURNBULL, LLOYD WILCOX Seventh to Eighteenth Respondents ADRIAN FERNLEY Nineteenth Respondent
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