Corporate Transport Services v Toll [2005] NSWSC 166

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Corporate Transport Services v Toll [2005] NSWSC 166

HEARING DATE(S) : 2 & 3 March 2005

JUDGMENT DATE : 3 March 2005

JURISDICTION : Equity

JUDGMENT OF : Campbell J

DECISION : Injunction to be granted, subject to undertaking as to damages from a particular additional corporation being available

CATCHWORDS : EQUITY - injunctions - interlocutory injunctions - interlocutory injunctions which will be in practice final - interlocutory injunctions requiring constant supervision - interlocutory orders in circumstances where parties are in a relationship of personal trust and confidence - balance of convenience - whether interests of non-parties can be taken into account - undertaking as to damages - need to be from person or entity financially capable of performing it - interlocutory injunction sought where dispute about validity of termination of contract - appropriate form of order

Supreme Court Rules 1970 LEGISLATION CITED : Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth)

179 Elizabeth Street v Austcorp Hotels Pty Ltd, (Young J, 13 December 1993, unreported) Australia Asia Pacific Hotels Ltd v Australian Frontier Holiday Operations Pty Ltd [2000] NSWSC 340 C H Giles & Co Ltd v Morris [1972] 1 WLR 307 Co-operative Insurance Society Ltd v Argyll Stores (Holdings) Ltd [1998] AC 1 Curro v Beyond Productions Pty Ltd (1993) 30 NSWLR 337 CASES CITED : Holiday Inns (Pacific) Inc v Leisure Developments (Qld) Pty Ltd (Federal Court, Sheppard J, 7 October 1987, unreported) Liristis Holdings Pty Ltd v Q-Corp Marine Pty Ltd [2001] NSWSC 418 Patrick Stevedores Operations (No 2) v Maritime Union of Australia (1998) 195 CLR 1 Posner v Scott Lewis [1987] Ch 25 Smith Kline & French Laboratories (Australia) Ltd v Department of Community Services and Health (1989) 89 ALR 366 Spry, Equitable Remedies