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