Keeping secrets and not competing

This report relates to 6 case(s)

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  Anstalt and others v Hayek and others [2002] All ER (D) 377 (Nov) CA (0 other reports)
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  Arbuthnot Fund Managers Ltd v Rawlings [2003] All ER (D) 181 (Mar) CA (1 other report)

  • Case round-up: compensation for unfair dismissal and restrictive covenants

    Date:

    1 April 2003

    This week's legal case round-up by Eversheds covering: compensation for unfair dismissal; and restrictive covenvants.

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  Cantor Fitzgerald International v Bird [2002] IRLR 867 HC (3 other reports)

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Case round up

    Date:

    1 October 2002

    Our resident experts at Pinsent Curtis Biddle bring you a comprehensive update on all the latest decisions that could affect your organisation, and advice on what to do about them.

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  Cray Valley Ltd v Deltech Europe Ltd and others [2003] All ER (D) 315 (Apr) HC (0 other reports)
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  Peninsula Business Services Ltd v Sweeney [2004] IRLR 49 EAT (2 other reports)

  • Case round up: incorporated contract terms; and calculating statutory maternity pay

    Date:

    20 April 2004

    This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering: incorporated contract terms; and calculating statutory maternity pay.

  • Contracts of employment: Employee bound by onerous contractual term

    Date:

    20 February 2004

    In Peninsula Business Services Ltd v Sweeney the EAT holds that a sales executive's contract of employment incorporated the rules governing the employer's commission scheme, which specified that no payments of commission would be made if the employee was no longer in the employment at the date the commission would have been payable. Those rules were clearly set out in a written document that was specifically referred to as forming part of the contract, and which had been signed by the employee.

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  Ward Evans Financial Services Ltd v Fox and another [2002] IRLR 120 CA (2 other reports)

  • Case roundup: reducing awards and breach of contract

    Date:

    28 May 2002

    This week's case roundup from Eversheds, covering reducing awards and breach of contract.

  • On appeal: Equal pay, stress and clear covenants

    Date:

    30 April 2002

    Continuing our regular series on the implications of recent significant cases. Sue Nickson, partner and head of employment law at Hammond Suddards Edge, looks at the issues, including equal pay, stress and clear covenants.