Isaac v Dargan Financial Pty Ltd ATF The Dargan Financial Discretionary Trust (ABN 68 702 047 521) (trading under the name of Home Loan Experts)

• 1. Restraint of Trade
  2. › Covenants in restraint of trade
  3. › Independent contractor relationship
  4. › Non-solicitation covenant
  5. › Whether respondent had legitimate commercial interest in protecting client connections and confidential information
  6. › Whether non-solicitation covenant was reasonable
  7. › Restraints of Trade Act 1976 (NSW), s 4
• 1. Restraint of Trade
  2. › Covenants in restraint of trade
  3. › Non-interference covenant
  4. › Whether appellant interfered with existing relationship between respondent and its clients
  5. › Whether acting for clients on new loans constituted interference
• 1. Contracts
  2. › Construction and interpretation
  3. › Confidentiality provisions
  4. › Whether expression 'confidential information' should be limited to information which is confidential in nature
  5. › Maggbury Pty Ltd v Hafele Australia Pty Ltd (2001) 210 CLR 181
• 1. Equity
  2. › Confidentiality obligations
  3. › Whether client lists constituted confidential information
  4. › Whether client details known outside respondent's business
  5. › Whether clients' details entered public domain

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