NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : British American Tobacco Australia Ltd v Peter Gordon & Anor [2007] NSWSC 292
HEARING DATE(S) : 22 March 2007 JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Brereton J
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 22 March 2007
DECISION : Injunction granted in terms which do not permit use of such of the relevant information as is already in public domain as a result of publication for which defendant may be responsible.
CATCHWORDS : EQUITY – Confidential Information – Breach of Confidence – Interim relief – Defences – Material already in public domain – where put into public domain by defendant – whether defendant can rely on such publication – held, it is at least arguable that it cannot.
LEGISLATION CITED : (NSW) Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross Vesting) Act 1987 s 5(2)(b)(iii)
Attorney-General (UK) v Heinemann Publishers Australia Pty Ltd (1987) 8 NSWLR 341 CASES CITED : British American Tobacco Australia Ltd v Peter Gordon & Anor [2007] NSWSC 230 Seagar v Copydex Ltd [1967] 1 WLR 923
British American Tobacco Australia Ltd (plaintiff 5898/06) British American Tobacco Australia Services Ltd (plaintiff 5940/06) Peter Gordon (first defendant 5898/06) PARTIES : Slater & Gordon Pty Ltd (second defendant 5898/06) Roxanne Joy Cowell (third defendant 5898/06) Slater & Gordon Pty Ltd t/a Slater & Gordon Lawyers (first defendant 5940/06) Christopher Antony Dale (second defendant 5940/06) Roxanne Joy Cowell (third defendant 5940/06)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 5898/06; 5940/06
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