Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2012] All ER (D) 95 (Apr)
Neutral Citation: [2012] EWHC 1013 (QB)
Court: Queen's Bench Division
Judge:

Sir Raymond Jack sitting as a judge of the High Court
Representation Leona Powell (instructed by Mishcon de Reya) for the claimants.
  Christopher Newman (instructed by Withers) for the defendants.
Judgment Dates: 19 April 2012

Catchwords

Employment - Duty of servant - Confidential information - Confidential information acquired by employee in course of employment - Employee leaving employment with claimants - Claimants commencing action regarding retaining of confidential and obtaining search order and injunction - Trial ordered in two phases - First phase regarding delivery up of confidential information - Whether claimants entitled to a final injunction - Whether claimants entitled to order for the return of confidential information.

The Case

Employment Duty of servant. The Queen's Bench Division held that there should be delivery up of documents retained by a former employee of the claimants and on that basis no further injunction would be necessary.

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