NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Metrohm Australia Pty Ltd v Arumugam [2024] NSWSC 1361 Hearing dates: 15 October 2024 Date of orders: 15 October 2024 Decision date: 28 October 2024 Jurisdiction: Equity - Duty List Before: Pike J Decision: Injunctive relief granted Catchwords: RESTRAINT OF TRADE – application for interlocutory injunctive relief – employee restraint – whether restraint on former employees is necessary to prevent disclosure of confidential information or exploitation of former client relationships – whether injunction should be made on balance of convenience Legislation Cited: Restraint of Trade Act 1976 (NSW) s 4(i) Cases Cited: A.T. Kearney Australia Pty Ltd v Crepaldi [2006] NSWSC 23 Beecham Group Ltd v Bristol Laboratories Pty Ltd (1968) 118 CLR 618 HiTech Group Australia Limited v Riachi [2021] NSWSC 1212 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Birt [2006] NSWSC 995 Koops Martin Financial Services Ltd v Reeves [2006] NSWSC 449 Provida v Sharpe [2012] NSWSC 1041 Woolworths v Olson [2004] NSWCA 372 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Metrohm Australia Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Sivanesan Arumugam (First Defendant) Kalaivani Govindasamy (Second Defendant) ScienceGears Pty Ltd (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: B Rauf (Plaintiff) A Guy (Defendants)
Solicitors: Holman Webb Lawyers (Plaintiff) Gorval Lynch Lawyers (Defendants) File Number(s): 2024/00324218 Publication restriction: Nil
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