Cantor Fitzgerald International v Bird [2002] IRLR 867 HC
Reports relating to this case:
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Keeping secrets and not competing
- Date:
- 18 November 2005
A round-up of developments in the implied duty of confidentiality and express contractual terms on confidential information and restraints on competition.
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Contracts of employment: Employer's aggressive tactics repudiated contracts
- Date:
- 7 March 2003
An employer was in repudiatory breach of the implied trust and confidence term when its senior executives pressurised two City brokers to accept a variation to their contractual terms, which would have resulted in them being paid on a commission-only basis and losing valuable rights to fixed annual remuneration plus bonuses, the High Court holds in Cantor Fitzgerald International v Bird and others.
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Bad behaviour costs dear
- Date:
- 1 October 2002
The manner in which managers at City brokers Cantor Fitzgerald tried to introduce new financial terms for two of its brokers ultimately invalidated vital restrictive covenants in their contracts. Chris Southam urges firms to learn the lesson that macho management can have unforeseen consequences.
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Case round up
- Date:
- 1 October 2002
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