NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Wentworth Partners Estate Agents Pty Ltd trading as RE MAX Gold v Gordony [2007] NSWSC 1135
HEARING DATE(S) : 17, 22 August 2007
JUDGMENT DATE : 15 October 2007
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq
DECISION : Injunction of 17 August 2007 restraining defendant from soliciting clients of plaintiff to remain in force until 2 January 2008.
CATCHWORDS : EQUITY [363] Equitable remedies- Injunctions- To restrain breach of confidence- Estate Agent's rent roll- How far confidential information- Defendant claims many clients personal friends and acquaintances- Arguable case that defendant has plaintiff's confidential information- Appropriate to extend injunction. TRADE & COMMERCE [216]- Restraints of trade- Validity and reasonableness- Particular cases- Employment- Covenant provided, inter alia, that defendant would not engage in conduct detrimental to competitive position of plaintiff- Held covenant aimed at protecting plaintiff from competition- Invalid.
LEGISLATION CITED : Restraints of Trade Act 1976
Del Casale v Artedomus (Aust) Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 172 Faccenda Chicken Ltd v Fowler [1987] Ch 117 Foster Bryant Surveying Ltd v Bryant [2007] 2 BCLC 239 Homburg Houtimport BV v Agrosin Ltd [2004] 1 AC 715 CASES CITED : ICT Pty Ltd v Sea Containers Ltd (1995) 39 NSWLR 640 Kolback Securities Ltd v Epoch Mining NL (1987) 8 NSWLR 533, 536 Lowe v Lombank Ltd [1960] 1 WLR 196 Robertson v French (1803) 4 East 130; 102 ER 779 Wilkinson v Rogers (1864) 2 De GJ & S 62; 46 ER 298 Wright v Gasweld Pty Ltd (1991) 22 NSWLR 317
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