Create Business Australia Pty Ltd v AURFS Pty Ltd [2017] NSWSC 680

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Create Business Australia Pty Ltd v AURFS Pty Ltd [2017] NSWSC 680 Hearing dates: 26 May 2017 Decision date: 31 May 2017 Jurisdiction: Equity - Commercial List Before: Ball J Decision: See paragraph [39] of this judgment Catchwords: INJUNCTIONS – interlocutory injunction – whether interlocutory injunction should be granted – whether serious question to be tried – whether balance of convenience favours granting of injunction. PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – interlocutory injunctions – undertakings – whether onus lies with the defendant to persuade the court that an interlocutory inunction should be ordered – whether onus is on the defendant to persuade the court that they should be released from undertaking Legislation Cited: Australian Consumer Law Restraints of Trade Act 1976 (NSW) s 4 Cases Cited: Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O'Neill (2006) 227 CLR 57; [2006] HCA 46 Beecham Group Ltd v Bristol Laboratories Pty Ltd (1968) 118 CLR 618 Carlton and United Breweries (NSW) Pty Ltd v Bond Brewing New South Wales Ltd (1987) 76 ALR 633 Uber BV v Howarth (Supreme Court (NSW), 21 December 2015 unreported) Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Create Business Australia Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) AURFS Pty Ltd (First Defendant) Deanna Leigh Mannix (Second Defendant) Ben William Mannix (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: SA Lawrance (Plaintiff) MA McCall (Defendants