Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Monarch Advisory Group Pty Ltd v Puxty (No 2) [2021] FCA 801 File number: NSD 951 of 2020
Judgment of: MARKOVIC J
Date of judgment: 16 July 2021
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application to restrain solicitors from acting for the applicant – whether there is a real and sensible possibility of the misuse of confidential information – whether the proper administration of justice requires the solicitors to be restrained from acting – where no evidence that solicitors acted for respondents – where unclear whether information was provided to solicitors – where information lacks necessary character of confidence even if provided to solicitors – application dismissed
Legislation: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Sch 2 (Australian Consumer Law) ss 18 31 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ss 182, 183
Cases cited: Dyer v Chrysanthou (No 2) (Injunction) [2021] FCA 641 Jing Li v Jin Lian Group Pty Ltd [2018] NSWSC 479 Monarch Advisory Group Pty Ltd v Puxty [2021] FCA 341 Mumbin v Northern Territory of Australia (No 1) [2020] FCA 475 Nash v Timbercorp Finance Pty Ltd (2019) 137 ACSR 189 Waimond Pty Ltd v Byrne (1989) 18 NSWLR 642
Division: General Division
Registry: New South Wales
National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations
Sub-area: Commercial Contracts, Banking, Finance and Insurance
Number of paragraphs: 72
Date of hearing: 25 February 2021, 29 March 2021
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr D Mahendra
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