Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2011] All ER (D) 129 (Dec)
Neutral Citation: [2011] EWHC 3304 (QB)
Court: Queen's Bench Division
Judge:

Sir Raymond Jack sitting as a Judge of the High Court
Representation Martin Griffiths QC and Amy Sander (instructed by McGrigors LLP) for the claimant.
  Andrew Stafford QC and Jeffrey Bacon (instructed by Sintons LLP) for the first defendant.
  Peter Kirby and Emily Betts (instructed by Wright Hassall LLP) for the third defendant.
  Matthew Hodson (instructed by Julian Phillip & Co) for the fourth defendant.
Judgment Dates: 16 December 2011

Catchwords

Employment - Contract of employment - Employment under contract - Claimant company providing information technology consultancy - Defendant's working for claimant - First defendant leaving claimant and setting up rival company - Third and fourth defendants leaving claimant to work for first defendant - Whether defendant's in breach of contract.

The Case

Employment Contract of employment. The Queen's Bench Division held that the first defendant had been in breach of his contractual duty of loyalty and good faith to the claimant company but dismissed claims against the third and fourth defendants.

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