NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Northern Tablelands Insurance Brokers Pty Ltd v Howell [2009] NSWSC 426
HEARING DATE(S) : 18/05/09
JUDGMENT DATE : 22 May 2009
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J
DECISION : Application for interlocutory injunction dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS : CONTRACTS - general contractual principles - discharge and breach - employment contract - provision for termination by notice - provision restricting employee's conduct after such termination - repudiation by employer - acceptance of repudiation by employee - contract thereby discharged - no termination as provided by contract - employer not entitled to enforce restrictions - CONTRACTS - general contractual principles - construction and interpretation of contracts - restraint for "a period of 12, 24 and 36 months" after specified event - held void for uncertainty
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Barrett v Ecco Personnel Pty Ltd (unreported, NSWCA, 24 November 1998) Conway-Cook v Town of Kwinana [2001] WASCA 250; (2001) 108 IR 421 Delaney v Staples [1992] 1 AC 687 CASES CITED : IceTV v Ross [2007] NSWSC 635 Lloyd's Ships Holdings Pty Ltd v Davros Pty Ltd (1987) 17 FCR 505 Profiles International of Australia Pty Ltd v Scott (unreported NSWSC, Powell J, 3 April 1981) Tyser Insurance Brokers Pty Ltd v Cooper (unreported, NSWSC, Young J, 7 December 1998)
PARTIES : Northern Tablelands Insurance Brokers Pty Ltd - Plaintiff Robert Thomas Howell - Defendant
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2661/09
COUNSEL : Mr D Caspersonn - Plaintiff Mr P Braham - Defendant
SOLICITORS : Lee and Lyons Lawyers - Plaintiff APJ Law Armidale - Defendant
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