Shire Real Estate Pty Limited v Kersten [2021] NSWSC 1255

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Shire Real Estate Pty Limited v Kersten [2021] NSWSC 1255 Hearing dates: 23 September 2021 Date of orders: 23 September 2021 Decision date: 23 September 2021 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Parker J Decision: See [69] Catchwords: EMPLOYMENT LAW – contract – interlocutory restraint of trade – enforcement and remedies – restraint against employment with competing business – real estate agency – where provision of real estate agency services takes place – strength of prima facie case – adequacy of damages as an alternative remedy – balance of convenience Cases Cited: Dundoen Pty Ltd v Richard Wills (Real Estate) Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 15 Ecolab Pty Ltd v Garland [2011] NSWSC 1095 Industrial Rollformers Pty Ltd v Ingersoll-Rand (Australia) Ltd [2001] NSWCA 111 JMB (NSW) Pty Ltd v West [2020] NSWSC 1380 Pearson v HRX Holdings Pty Ltd (2012) 205 FCR 187 The Littlewoods Organisations Ltd v Harris [1978] 1 All ER 1026 Woolworths Ltd v Olson [2004] NSWCA 372 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Shire Real Estate Pty Limited (Plaintiff) Joshua Michael Kersten (First Defendant) Alexander De Renzie Duncan (Second Defendant) Joshua Bray Den De Smuszko-Burns (Third Defendant) Grace Erin Nightingale (Fourth Defendant) Mona El-Torgoman (Fifth Defendant) Jason Capelo (Sixth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: P Moorhouse (Plaintiff) B Lloyd (Defendants)