NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : RBM Plastic Extrusions Pty Ltd v Diaz [2006] NSWSC 1332
HEARING DATE(S) : 20/09/06 JURISDICTION : Equity
JUDGMENT OF : Brereton J
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 09/22/2006
DECISION : Interlocutory injunction granted restraining solicitation for 3 months
CATCHWORDS : RESTRAINT OF TRADE - Employer and employee - whether reasonable - legitimate protectable interest - customer connection - confidential information - whether excessive in duration - where restraint period would be longer than duration of employment - duty of fidelity - where arguable breach - whether injunctive relief available - whether perpetual injunction would be available - appropriate duration of interlocutory injunction - "springboard" doctrine
LEGISLATION CITED : Restraints of Trade Act 1976 (NSW), ss 4(1), 4(3)
Adamson v West Perth Football Club Inc (1979) 39 FLR 199 Cactus Imaging Pty Ltd v Peters [2006] NSWSC 717 Canadian Aero Service Ltd v O'Malley [1974] SCR 592; (1973) 40 DLR (3d) 371 Faccenda Chicken Ltd v Fowler [1986] ICR 297 Nichol v Martyn (1799) 2 Esp 732 CASES CITED : Robb v Green [1895] 2 QB 1 Robb v Green [1895] 2 QB 315 (CA) Roger Bullivant Ltd v Ellis [1987] FSR 172 Wessex Diaries Limited v Smith [1935] 2 KB 80 (CA) Wright v Gasweld (1991) 22 NSWLR 317 Dr Robert Dean, The Law of Trade Secrets and Personal Secrets, (Law Book Co, 2nd Edn, 2002), [4.65]
PARTIES : RBM Plastic Extrusions Pty Ltd ACN 000 464 960 Daniel Diaz
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