Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Prestige Lifting Services Pty Ltd v Williams [2015] FCA 1063 Citation: Prestige Lifting Services Pty Ltd v Williams [2015] FCA 1063
Parties: PRESTIGE LIFTING SERVICES PTY LTD (ACN 005 697 665) v DALE AARON WILLIAMS, TAG CRANES PTY LTD (ACN 152 979 818), ANTHONY ROBERT GARDINER and PAUL HOFFMAN
File number: VID 413 of 2012
Judge: BEACH J
Date of judgment: 30 September 2015
Catchwords: CORPORATIONS – breaches of statutory duties of director and senior employee – ss 181, 182, 183 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) – involvement in breaches – s 79 CONTRACTS – employment contract – breaches of terms implied in law – duty of fidelity and good faith – duty not to misuse confidential information – duty not to misuse position – setting up of business in competition – confidential information as to customers, suppliers and business projects EQUITY – fiduciary duties – duty of confidence – breaches of fiduciary duties – misuse of position – misuse of confidential information – diversion of business opportunities – knowing assistance – second limb of Barnes v Addy
Legislation: Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ss 79, 181, 182, 183, 1317H Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) s 140(2)(c)
Cases cited: Australian Securities and Investments Commission v PFS Business Development Group Pty Ltd (2006) 57 ACSR 553 Baden v Société Générale [1993] 1 WLR 509 Barnes v Addy (1874) LR 9 Ch App 244 Blyth Chemicals Ltd v Bushnell (1933) 49 CLR 66 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Canadian Aero Service Ltd v O'Malley (1973) 40 DLR (3d) 371 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Barker (2014) 253 CLR 169 Commonwealth of Australia v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1980) 147 CLR 39 Consul Development Pty Ltd v DPC Estates Pty Ltd (1975) 132 CLR 373 Co-ordinated Industries Pty Ltd v Elliott (1998) 43 NSWLR 282 Cranleigh Precision Engineering Ltd v Bryant [1964] 3 All ER 289 Dart Industries Inc v David Bryar & Associates Pty Ltd (1997) 38 IPR 389 Digital Cinema Network Pty Ltd v Omnilab Media Pty Ltd (No 2) [2011] FCA 509 Faccenda Chicken Ltd v Fowler [1987] 1 Ch 117 Farah Constructions Pty Ltd v Say-Dee Pty Ltd (2007) 230 CLR 89 Grimaldi v Chameleon Mining NL (No 2) (2012) 200 FCR 296 Hospital Products Ltd v United States Surgical Corporation (1984) 156 CLR 41 Investa Properties Pty Ltd v Nankervis (No 7) [2015] FCA 1004 Mense & Ampere Electrical Manufacturing Co Pty Ltd v Milenkovic [1973] VR 784 R v Byrnes & Hopwood (1995) 183 CLR 501 Regal (Hastings) Ltd v Gulliver [1967] 2 AC 134 Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd v Philip Tan Kok Ming [1995] 2 AC 378 Saltman Engineering Co Ltd v Campbell Engineering Co Ltd (1948) 65 RPC 203 University of Nottingham v Fishel [2000] ICR 1462 Warman International Ltd v Dwyer (1995) 182 CLR 544 Weldon and Co v Harbinson [2000] NSWSC 272
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