NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Kearney v Crepaldi & Ors [2006] NSWSC 23
HEARING DATE(S) : 5 & 6/01/2006
JUDGMENT DATE : 10 February 2006
JURISDICTION : EQUITY
JUDGMENT OF : McDougall J
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 01/19/2006
DECISION : Refer paras 111-112.
CATCHWORDS : RESTRAINT OF TRADE - Application for interlocutory injunctive relief - where decision to grant injunction will determine substance of the matter - where serious question - where employer delayed enforcement of restraints - whether restraint on competition is reasonably necessary to prevent disclosure of confidential information or exploitation of former client relationships - where restraints on solicitation of employees and clients are broad and damages are an adequate remedy - whether restraint on solicitation is based on confidential knowledge gained during employment.
LEGISLATION CITED : Restraints of Trade Act 1976
Attorney-General of Australia v Adelaide Steamship Co [1913] AC 781, 797 Aussie Home Loans v X Inc Services (2005) NSWSC 285 Dawnay Day & Co Ltd v De Braconier d'Alphen [1998] ICR 1068 Hartleys Ltd v Martin [2002] VSC 301 Herbert Morris Ltd v Saxelby [1916] 1 AC 688 Hanover Insurance Brokers Ltd v Schapiro [1994] IRLR 82 CASES CITED : Ingham v ABC Contract Services (UKCA, unreported, 12/12/93) Kolback Securities Ltd v Epoch Mining NL (1987) 8 NSWLR 533 Kores Manufacturing Co Ltd v Kolok Manufacturing Co Ltd [1958] 2 All ER 65 Lindner v Murdoch's Garage (1950) 83 CLR 628 Littlewoods Organisations Ltd v Harris [1977] 1 WLR 1472 Makita (Australia) Pty Ltd v Sprowles (2001) 52 NSWLR 705 North Western Salt Co. Ltd v Electrolytic Alkali Co Ltd [1914] AC 461, 470
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