breach of contract
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Imam-Sadeque v Bluebay Asset Management (Services) Ltd [2012] EWHC 3511 (QB)
Judgment in proceedings relating to £1.7m in shares in the defendant's business which would be due to the claimant if he was deemed to be a Good Leaver but where it was alleged he had breached the terms of a compromise agreement by assisting the set-up of another business while on garden leave. The judge found against the claimant.
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16/12/2012 18:17
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Premier Model Management Ltd v Bruce & Ors [2012] EWHC 3509 QB
Judgment in claims arising from alleged breach of employment contract and misuse of company information. The defendant who had left to start a rival model agency was found to have breached the contract and the claimants were partially successful in obtaining further injunctive relief and damages.
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09/12/2012 10:15
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Smith v Trafford Housing Trust [2012] EWHC 3221 (Ch)
Judgment in a claim for breach of contract where the claimant had been demoted after posting a comment on his Facebook page concerning gay marriage. The claimant was found to have been wrongfully dismissed and was awarded damages accordingly.
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19/11/2012 08:33
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Cavenagh v William Evans Limited [2012] EWCA Civ 697
Appeal against decision that an employer had been discharged from a responsibility to make a payment in lieu of notice where the claimant’s employment had been terminated but where an act of gross misconduct was subsequently discovered. The employer argued that the contract had been repudiated by the claimant and they had accepted the repudiation. Appeal allowed.
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27/05/2012 12:23
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Attrill & Ors: Anar & Ors v Dresdner Kleinwort Limited & Anor [2012] EWHC 1189 (QB)
Judgment arising from claims of breach of contract and inducement to breach contracts where the claimants were seeking bonus payments allegedly promised by the respondents. The claimants were successful.
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13/05/2012 12:54
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Towry EJ Ltd v Bennett & Ors [2012] EWHC 224 (QB)
Judgment arising from litigation where the claimant was seeking damages arising from, among other things, alleged breaches of restrictive covenants, use of confidential information, solicitation and inducement. The defendants counter-alleged that the claimant had made a repudiatory breach of their employment contracts. The claim was dismissed as the judge found that while there had been no repudiatory breach, the claimant had not proved any allegations of wrongful conduct.
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18/02/2012 12:16
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QBE Management Services (Ltd) v Dymoke & Ros [2012] EWHC 80 (QB)
Application for springboard relief arising from the resignation of several employees from an insurance broking firm. The application was granted.
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12/02/2012 11:21
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Albert v Vidionics Security Systems Ltd UKEAT/0138/11/JOJ
Appeal against the dismissal of an unfair constructive dismissal claim. Appeal allowed and sent back to a new Tribunal.
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03/02/2012 15:28
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Customer Systems PLC v Ranson & Ors [2011] EWHC 3304 (QB)
Judgment in claims brought by employer against former employees who left to set up a rival business involving consideration of the whether there had been a breach of fiduciary duty, inducement to breach a contract and the enforceability of restrictive covenants.
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21/12/2011 14:58
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Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: Botham v Ministry of Defence [2011] UKSC 58
Appeals concerning whether at common law an employee can recover damages for loss arising from the unfair manner of his dismissal in breach of an express term of an employment contract.
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17/12/2011 17:05
