Aland Care Pty Ltd v Pollard [2023] NSWSC 1466

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Aland Care Pty Ltd v Pollard [2023] NSWSC 1466 Hearing dates: 16 November 2023 Date of orders: 30 November 2023 Decision date: 30 November 2023 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Robb J Decision: See [40] Catchwords: EQUITY – equitable remedies – injunctions – interlocutory injunctions – where defendant is former employee of plaintiff – where defendant has disseminated material disparaging of plaintiff to plaintiff's clients – where defendant has threatened to disseminate further materials – where the Court has made interim orders restraining the defendant from disseminating or distributing any copies of the disparaging materials or inducing any client of the plaintiff to terminate or not renew any contract with the plaintiff – whether the Court should issue a further interlocutory injunction against the defendant to operate until the final hearing of these proceedings or further order CIVIL PROCEDURE – suppression and non-publication – whether orders should be made pursuant to the Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) prohibiting the disclosure by publication or otherwise of building management agreements between the plaintiff and a series of owners corporations Legislation Cited: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), Sch 2 – Australian Consumer Law, s 18 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), ss 183(1), Pt 9.4AAA, ss 1317AB(1), 1317AAA, 1317AAC Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW), ss 7, 8(1)(a), 12 Cases Cited: Nexgen Sydney Pty Ltd v Barakat [2020] NSWSC 1169 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Aland Care Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Max Pollard (Defendant, in person) Representation: Counsel: G A Sirtes SC and B Le Plastrier (Plaintiff)