Symbion Medical Centre v Alexander [2010] NSWSC 1047

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Symbion Medical Centre v Alexander [2010] NSWSC 1047

HEARING DATE(S) : 23-27 August 2010

JUDGMENT DATE : 16 September 2010

JUDGMENT OF : Gzell J

DECISION : Further amended statement of claim dismissed with costs.

CATCHWORDS : TRADE AND COMMERCE - Trade Commerce Generally - Restraint of Trade - injunctions and damages in lieu or in addition - application to restrain medical practitioners under post-term restraints from practising at another medical centre within a 3 kilometre radius of former medical centre for 12 months - plaintiff provided exclusive administrative services to doctors - nature of goodwill - whether a legitimate interest - whether post-term restraints reasonable

Restraints of Trade Act 1976 LEGISLATION CITED : Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) Supreme Court Act 1970

Aussie Home Loans v X Inc Services [2005] NSWSC 285 Idameneo (No 123) Pty Ltd v Dr Theresa Angel–Honnibal [2002] NSWSC 1214; (2003) ATPR 41-918 Smith v Chadwick (1882) 20 Ch D 27 Nordenfelt v Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company, Limited [1894] AC 535 Herbert Morris, Limited v Axelby [1916] AC 688 Heron v Port Huon Fruit Growers Co-operative Association Ltd (1922) 30 CLR 315 McEllistrim v Ballymacelligott Co-operative Agricultural and Dairy Society, Limited [1919] AC 548 CASES CITED : Buckley v Tutty (1971) 125 CLR 353 Orton v Melman [1981] 1 NSWLR 583 Woolworths Limited v Mark Konrad Olson [2004] NSWCA 372 Curro v Beyond Productions Pty Ltd (1993) 30 NSWLR 337 McHugh Holdings Pty Ltd v Newtown Colonial Hotel Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 542; (2007) 73 NSWLR 53 Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Murry [1998] HCA 42; (1997-1998) 193 CLR 605 Hepples v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1992) 173 CLR 492 Stokely-Van Camp, Inc v New Generation Beverages Pty Ltd (1998) 44 NSWLR 607 Tullett Prebon (Australia) Pty Ltd v Purcell [2008] NSWSC 852; (2008) 175 IR 414