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United Kingdom restrictive covenantsbreach of confidenceduty of fidelity

Premier Model Agency v Bruce

Premier Model Management Ltd v Bruce [2012] EWHC 3509 (QB)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, England and Wales
Year2012
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

An employee who, while serving out his notice, misappropriates and passes his employer's confidential client information to a competing venture breaches his restrictive covenants and duties of confidence and fidelity, and the court will grant injunctive relief mirroring the contractual restrictions and extending to the recipients of the information.

Area of Law

General

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