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Marine-Air Cargo Ltd. v Keel

Court Supreme Court
Date 1985-06-23
Other citations [1985] 6 W.W.R. 69 – [1985] N.W.T.R. 307 – 7 C.P.R. (3d) 223 (S.C.)
File numbers SC 8024
Judge(s) de Weerdt
Location Yellowknife
Cases and statutes considered Cases considered:
AMERICAN CYANAMID V. ETHICON LTD. (1975) A.C. 396;
LATIMER V. FONTAINE (1905) 7 TERR. L. R. 110 (S.C.N.W.T.);
A. SCHROEDER MUSIC PUBLISHING CO. LTD. V. MACAULAY (1974) 3 ALL. E.R. 616;
WHEATLEY V. ELLSI AND HENDRICKSON (1944) 3 W.W.R. 462, 61 B.C.R. 55 (B.C.C.A.);
CASCADE IMPERIAL MILLS LTD. V. KUNSMAN ET AL (1978) 4 W.W.R. 677 (B.C.S.C.);
HERBERT MORRIS LIMITED V. SAXELBY (1916) A.C. 688 (H.L.);
MARION WHITE LTD. V. FRANCIS (1972) 3 ALL. E.R. 857 (C.A.);
PUTSMAN V. TAYLOR (1927) 1 K.B. 637;
ELSLEY V. J.G. COLLINS INS. AGENCIES LTD. (1978) 2 S.C.R. 916;
THOMAS LINDSAY V. LINDSAY (1976) 64 D.L.R. (3D) 761
Decision information:

Abstract: Application for an interlocutory injunction until trial to restrain the defendant from taking employment with a competitor
Decision: Application dismissed - Relief sought not shown to be reasonably necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the Plaintiff and would result in hardship to the Defendant - Relief would also operate so as to result in specific enforcement of the employment agreement.
Subjects: Employment law - Contract of employment - Enforceability - Restrictive covenants
Keywords: Injunctions - restrictive covenants - termination

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