NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Genesys Wealth Advisers Ltd v Miles [2008] NSWSC 802
HEARING DATE(S) : 16, 17 and 18 July 2008
JUDGMENT DATE : 7 August 2008
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Palmer J
DECISION : Plaintiff entitled to injunctions as sought.
CATCHWORDS : EMPLOYMENT – CONTRACT – CONSTRUCTION – CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – whether Defendant had confidential information which he may use to compete with Plaintiff to its detriment – meaning of "client" or "customer" in particular factual context – whether duration of restraint no more than adequate.
LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) – s 911A, s 911B Restraints of Trade Act 1976 (NSW) – s.4(1)
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
- Coco v A.N. Clark (Engineers) Ltd [1969] RPC 41 - Del Casale v Artedomus (Aust) Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 172 - International Air Transport Association v Ansett Australia Holdings Ltd (2008) 82 ALJR 419 CASES CITED : - Orton v Melman [1981] 1 NSWLR 583 - Pacific Carriers Ltd v BNP Paribas (2004) 218 CLR 451 - Queensland Co-operative Milling Association v Pamag Pty Ltd (1973) 133 CLR 260 - Woolworths Limited v Olson [2004] NSWCA 372 - Wright v Gasweld Pty Ltd [1991] 22 NSWLR 317
PARTIES : Genesys Wealth Advisers Ltd (Plaintiff) Raymond John Miles (Defendant)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2919/08
COUNSEL : A.J. Meagher SC, G.K.J. Rich (Plaintiff) I.M. Neil SC, Ms C.L. Cochrane (Defendant)
SOLICITORS : Atanaskovic Hartnell (Plaintiff) Harmers (Defendant)
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