AMP Services Ltd v Manning [2006] FCA 256

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

AMP Services Ltd v Manning [2006] FCA 256 EMPLOYMENT – contract of employment – post-employment restraint – invalid restraint of trade – solicitation of clients – breach of employee's duty of good faith – compensation – principles EVIDENCE – rule in Jones v Dunkel – whether applicable if witness available to both parties Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ss 182, 183 Aberdeen Railway Co v Blaikie Bros (1854) Macq 461 cited American Financial Corporation v Computer Sciences Corporation, 558 FSupp 1182 (D.Del, 1983) cited Brilliant Lighting (Aust) Pty Ltd v Baillieu [2004] VSC 248 cited Buckley v Tutty (1971) 125 CLR 353 cited Canadian Aero Service Ltd v O'Malley (1973) 40 DLR (3d) 371 followed Canson Enterprises Ltd v Boughton & Co. (1991) 85 DLR (4th) 129 followed Charles Lo Presti Pty Ltd v Karabalios [2000] NSWSC 395 cited Claremont Petroleum NL v Cummings (1992) 110 ALR 239 cited Dawson, Re [1966] 2 NSWR 211 followed Earle v Castlemaine District Community Hospital [1974] VR 722 followed Enoch and Zaretzkey, Bock & Co's Arbitration [1910] 1 KB 327 cited Foran v Wight (1989) 168 CLR 385 followed G W Ploughman & Son Ltd v Ash [1964] 1 WLR 568 applied IF Asia Pacific Pty Ltd Galbally [2003] VSC 192 cited Industrial Equity Limited v Blackburn (1977) 137 CLR 567 cited Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 discussed Nocton v Lord Ashburton [1914] AC 932 followed Nordenfelt v Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Co Ltd [1894] AC 535 applied O'Halloran v RT Thomas & Family Pty Ltd (1998) 45 NSWLR 262 followed Payne v Parker [1976] 1 NSWLR 191 cited Shepherd v Felt and Textiles of Australia Ltd (1931) 45 CLR 359 followed Southern Real Estate Pty Ltd v Dellow and Arnold (2003) 87 SASR 1 followed Target Holdings Ltd v Redferns (a firm) [1996] 1 AC 421 followed Walker v Winborne (1976) 137 CLR 1 followed William Hill Organisation Ltd v Tucker [1999] ICR 291 cited