Karim (Overseas) Pty Limited v Francis [2020] NSWSC 1344

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Karim (Overseas) Pty Limited v Francis [2020] NSWSC 1344 Hearing dates: 15 September 2020 Date of orders: 15 September 2020 Decision date: 15 September 2020 Jurisdiction: Equity - Duty List Before: Henry J Decision: Interim injunction extended. See paragraph [51]. Catchwords: EQUITY – Interim relief – no issue of principle – injunction obtained ex parte – whether injunction should be discharged because plaintiff failed to disclose material matters – whether balance of convenience favours the extension of the injunction – injunction extended for three weeks – plaintiff ordered to file evidence in support of its claims Legislation Cited: Nil Cases Cited: Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O'Neill (2006) 227 CLR 57; [2006] HCA 46 Beecham Group Ltd v Bristol Laboratories Pty Ltd (1968) 118 CLR 618; [1968] HCA 1 Castlemaine Toohey Limited v South Australia (1986) 161 CLR 148; [1986] HCA 58 Harrem Pty Ltd v Tebb [2006] NSWSC 1415 Nutek Constructions Pty Ltd v Slotwinski [2017] NSWSC 1795 Patterson v BTR Engineering (Aust) Ltd (1989) 18 NSWLR 319 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Karim (Overseas) Pty Limited (Plaintiff)

Edgar Elias Francis (First Defendant) Kevin Nol (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: F Gee (First Defendant)

Solicitor: J Ireland (Plaintiff)

Solicitors: DC Balog & Associates (Plaintiff) Corrs Chambers Westgarth (First Defendant) File Number(s): 2020/262113 Publication restriction: Nil