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Confidential Information: Lessons from a failed injunction
A recent case contains important guidance on drafting restrictive covenants, applying for springboard injunctions, handing over emails and complying with procedural rules, explain Rebecca McGuirk and Anna Scott ‘It is not possible for an employer to impose a covenant just because it does not want an ex-employee to compete with it.’In Capita plc v Darch …
Cases Referenced
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- American Cyanamid Co v Ethicon Ltd [1975] UKHL 1
- Capita plc & anor v Darch & ors [2017] EWHC 1248 (Ch)
- Environment Agency v Churngold Recycling Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 909
- Fairstar Heavy Transport NV v Adkins [2013] EWCA Civ 886
- Your Response Ltd v Datateam Business Media Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 281