NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : OAMPS Insurance Brokers Ltd -v- Peter Hanna [2010] NSWSC 781
HEARING DATE(S) : 12, 13 July 2010
JUDGMENT DATE : 27 July 2010
JUDGMENT OF : Hammerschlag J
DECISION : Injunctions ordered
CATCHWORDS : EMPLOYMENT LAW – covenant in restraint of trade – so-called cascading, ladder or step clause – whether void for uncertainty – whether protection provided by the covenant is more than reasonably required to protect the covenantee's legitimate business interest – held covenant not void for uncertainty – 12 months reasonably required to protect the covenantee's legitimate business interest
LEGISLATION CITED : Restraints of Trade Act 1976 (NSW)
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Mercantile Credit Ltd v Henry [1962] 2 NSWR 248 J.Q.A.T. Pty Limited v Storm [1987] 2 Qd. R 162 Austra Tanks Pty Ltd v Running [1982] 2 NSWLR 840 Lloyd's Ships Holdings Pty Ltd v Davros Pty Ltd (1987) 17 FCR 505 Brendon Pty Ltd v Russell (1994) 11 WAR 280 Schindler Lifts Australia Pty Ltd v Debelak (1989) 89 ALR 275 Tyser Reinsurance Brokers Pty Ltd v Cooper [1998] NSWSC 689 Hydron Pty Ltd v Harris [2005] SASC 176 Sear v Invocare Australia Pty Ltd (2007) ATPR 42–149 Extraman (NT) Pty Ltd v Blenkinship (2008) 23 NTLR 77 Run Corp Ltd v McGrath Ltd [2007] FCA 1669 Northern Tablelands Insurance Brokers Pty Ltd v Howell [2009] NSWSC 426 CASES CITED : Farah Constructions Pty Ltd v Say-Dee Pty Ltd (2007) 230 CLR 89 Herbert Morris Ltd v Saxelby [1916] 1 AC 688 at 707 Amoco Australia v Rocca Bros Engineering Co (1973) 133 CLR 288 Industrial Rollformers Pty Ltd v Ingersoll-Rand (Australia) Ltd [2001] NSWCA 111 Cactus Imaging Pty Ltd v Peters (2006) 71 NSWLR 9 Woolworths Ltd v Olson [2004] NSWCA 372 Dewes v Fitch [1920] 2 Ch 159 at 181 Wright v Gasweld Pty Ltd (1991) 22 NSWLR 317 Harlow Property Consultants Pty Ltd v Byford [2005] NSWSC 658 Koops v Martin v Reeves [2006] NSWSC 449 Stacks Taree v Marshall [No 2] [2010] NSWSC 77 IRAF Pty Ltd v Graham [1982] 1 NSWLR 419 N E Perry v Judge (2002) 84 SASR 86
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