West Harbour Rugby Football Club Ltd v New South Wales Rugby Union Ltd [2001] NSWSC 757

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : West Harbour Rugby Football Club Ltd v New South Wales Rugby Union Ltd [2001] NSWSC 757 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3993/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 16/08/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 16 August 2001

West Harbour Rugby Football Club Ltd (P1) PARTIES : Malaga Leota (P2) New South Wales Rugby Union Ltd (D1) Southern Districts Rugby Union Football Club (D10) JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq

B J Gross QC and J R Clarke (P) COUNSEL : S D Rares SC and P J Brereton (D1) D Hand (S)(D10) Michell Sillar (P) SOLICITORS : Corrs Chambers Westgarth (D1) David Hand (S)(D10) CATCHWORDS : TRADE & COMMERCE [15]- Restraint of trade- Consequence of restraint- Contract not void but merely unenforceable between unwilling parties- Not all restrictions on trade constitute "restraints" of trade within doctrine. Adamson v NSW Rugby League Ltd (1991) 31 FCR 242 Adamson v West Perth Football Club Inc (1979) 27 ALR 475 Blackler v New Zealand Rugby Football League Inc [1968] NZLR 547 Boddington v Lawton [1994] ICR 478 CASES CITED : Buckley v Tutty (1971) 125 CLR 353 Howard F Hudson Pty Ltd v Ronague (1972) 126 CLR 449 Kemp v New Zealand Rugby Football League Inc [1989] 3 NZLR 463 Kolback Securities Ltd v Epoch Mining NL (1987) 8 NSWLR 533 Peters (WA) Ltd v Petersville Ltd [2001] HCA 45 Union Royale Belge des Societes de Football Association v Bosman [1996] 1 CMLR 645 DECISION : Interlocutory injunction refused.