NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Manildra Laboratories v Campbell [2009] NSWSC 987
HEARING DATE(S) : 25/08/09, 26/08/09, 27/08/09 and 28/08/09
JUDGMENT DATE : 23 September 2009
JURISDICTION : Equity Division Commercial List
JUDGMENT OF : McDougall J at 1
DECISION : See paragraph [198] of the judgment.
CATCHWORDS : CONTRACTS - employment - scope of fiduciary relationship - scope of contractual duty of fidelity - whether opportunity pursued in competition with employer - whether existing or maturing business opportunity of employer - whether breach of duty of confidentiality - whether confidential information identified with sufficient specificity - whether information actually confidential or capable of being learned through experience - whether information misused - whether knowing assistance or knowing procurement of breach of fiduciary duty - whether fraudulent and improper design. - COMPANIES - directors - whether first defendant shadow director of fourth defendant - no question of principle.
LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 2001
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Barnes v Addy (1874) LR 9 Ch App 244 Blyth Chemicals Limited v Bushnell (1933) 49 CLR 66 Bolkiah (Prince Jefri) v KPMG (a firm) [1999] 2 AC 222 Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd v Waugh (1988) 14 NSWLR 360 Canadian Aero Service Ltd v O'Malley (1973) 40 DLR (3d) 371 Corrs Pavey Whiting and Byrne v Collector of Customs (Vic) and Alphapharm Pty Ltd (1987) 14 FCR 434 Del Casale v Artedomus (Aust) Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 172 Edmonds v Donovan (2005) 12 VR 513 at 537 CASES CITED : Elders Trustee and Executor Co Ltd v EG Reeves Pty Ltd [1987] 78 ALR 193 Farah Constructions Pty Limited v Say-Dee Pty Limited (2007) 230 CLR 89 Hospital Products Limited v United States Surgical Corporation (1984) 156 CLR 41 Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd v Tan [1995] 2 AC 378 Smith Kline and French Laboratories (Aust) Limited v Secretary, Department of Community Services and Health (1990) 22 FCR 73 Steinberg v The Commissioner of Taxation of the Commonwealth of Australia (1975) 134 CLR 640 Timber Engineering Co Pty Ltd v Anderson [1980] 2 NSWLR 488 Wright v Gasweld Pty Ltd (1991) 22 NSWLR 317 Weldon & Co Services Pty Ltd v Harbinson [2000] NSWSC 272
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