| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2003] All ER (D) 330 (Jul) |
| Court: | Queen's Bench Division |
| Judge: | Judge Hegarty QC sitting as a judge of the High Court |
| Representation | Tim Shepherd (instructed by Irwin Mitchell, Birmingham) for the claimants. |
| Simon Cheves (instructed by Crane & Staples, Welwyn Garden City) for the defendant. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 18 July 2003 |
Catchwords
Employment - Contract of employment - Terms of employment - Confidentiality and loyalty agreement - Fundamental breach of employment contract - Applicability of agreement.
The Case
On the evidence, the defendant was entitled to treat himself as not bound by the terms of a confidentiality agreement by virtue of the fact that his summary dismissal amounted to a fundamental breach of contract.
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