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New Zealand Case Law

Conspiracy (tortious means)
  • 5 Nov 2018

    DONOVAN GROUP NZ LIMITED v REID & ORS [2018] NZHC 2854

    Citation
    [2018] NZHC 2854
    Court
    High Court

    The Court granted without‑notice interim injunctions and search and preservation orders because the plaintiff demonstrated a strongly arguable case in equity and tort against the defendants (serious questions to be tried), a real risk of destruction or loss of evidence and ongoing harm, damages would likely be inadequate, and the balance of convenience favoured preservation of evidence and restraint pending a hearing; the Court declined to rely on the contractual cause of action against the employee as the Employment Relations Authority may have exclusive jurisdiction over breaches of an indi…

    • Confidentiality
    • Fiduciary/duty of fidelity
    • Conversion of information
    • Conspiracy (tortious means)
    • Search and seizure/preservation orders
    • Exclusive jurisdiction of employment relations authority