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Covenants in restraint of trade
Reference received: 27 February 1969
Report
Report 9: Covenants in Restraint of Trade (PDF, 73.6 KB), June 1970
Tabled in parliament: 6 August 1970
Legislative action: Restraints of Trade Act 1976
Judicial citation: Orton v Melman [1981] 1 NSWLR 583 at 586; Greenhalgh v Composite Buyers Ltd (1995) ATPR (Digest) 46-148; K A & C Smith Pty Ltd v Ward (1998) 45 NSWLR 702; Ross v IceTV Ltd [2010] NSWCA 272 [89]
Terms of reference
To review the law relating to the validity and enforcement of covenants in restraint of trade.
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