NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Berry v Wong [2000] NSWSC 1002 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3893/2000 HEARING DATE(S) : 06/10/2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 16 October 2000
PARTIES : Ashley Berry (P) Mark Hwee Ming Wong (D) JUDGMENT OF : Young J
COUNSEL : A J McQuillen (P) I M Jackman and M Tyson (D) SOLICITORS : Colin Daley Quinn (P) Blake Dawson Waldron (D) CATCHWORDS : TRADE & COMMERCE [15]- Restraint- Goodwill owned by company which plaintiff controlled- Covenant taken by plaintiff personally- Ineffective - ESTOPPEL [28]- Estoppel by deed- Recital- Untrue- Whether binding- Whether allowed to affect covenant in restraint of trade. Amoco Australia Pty Ltd v Rocca Bros Motor Engineering Co Pty Ltd (No 2) (1975) 133 CLR 331 Ashcoast Pty Ltd v Whillans [2000] 2 Qd R 1 Brooks v Burns Philp Trustee Co Ltd (1969) 121 CLR 432 Caboche & Bond v Ramsay (1993) 119 ALR 215 Carpenter v Buller (1841) 8 M & W 209; 151 ER 1013 Corbin v Stewart (1911) 28 TLR 98 Dalysmith Corporation (Aust) Pty Ltd v Cray Personnel Pty Ltd (Young J 14.4.1997) CASES CITED : Greer v Kettle [1938] AC 156 Integrated Computer Services Pty Ltd v Digital Equipment Corp (Aust) Pty Ltd (1988) 5 BPR 11,110 IRC v Muller & Co's Margarine Ltd [1901] AC 217 Lindner v Murdock's Garage (1950) 83 CLR 268 Lu v Lim (1993) 30 NSWLR 332 Matthew v Osborne (1853) 13 CB 919; 138 ER 1465 Trego v Hunt [1896] AC 7 Whiteman Smith Motor Co Ltd v Chaplin [1934] 2 KB 35 DECISION : Proceedings dismissed with no order as to costs.
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