NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Farahbakht v Midas Australia Pty Ltd (No 2) [2006] NSWSC 1323
HEARING DATE(S) : 1, 2, 3, 6 November 2006 JURISDICTION : Equity Division Duty List
JUDGMENT OF : Brereton J
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 11/06/2006
DECISION : Interlocutory injunction restraining termination of franchise agreement and license granted
CATCHWORDS : INJUNCTIONS - Interlocutory injunctions - prima facie case or serious question - where defendant purports to terminate agreement for fraud - where onus will be on defendant at trial - what plaintiff must show to establish serious cause for final relief - where plaintiff will encounter obvious but not necessarily insurmountable credit difficulties - where plaintiff affirmatively establishes defence to some allegations of fraud
LEGISLATION CITED : Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), s 51AC
American Cyanamid Co v Ethicon Ltd [1975] AC 396 Australian Broadcasting Commission v O'Neill (2006) 229 ALR 457; [2006] HCA 46 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd (2001) 76 ALJR 1 CASES CITED : Beecham Group Limited v Bristol Laboratories Pty Ltd (1968) 118 CLR 618 Briginshaw v Briginshaw & Anor (1938) 60 CLR 336 Cayne v Global Natural Resources plc [1984] 1 All ER 225 Kolback Securities Limited v Epoch Mining NL (1987) 8 NSWLR 533 Rejfek v McElroy (1965) 112 CLR 517
PARTIES : Farid Farahbakht (plaintiff) Midas Australia Pty Limited (defendant)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 5040/06
COUNSEL : Mr G Sirtes (plaintiff) Mr B Shields (defendant)
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