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Details in defence sufficient for summary judgment as to part of claim (Thomson v APEM)

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Published on: 03 October 2013

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Table of contents

Practical implications
Court details
Facts
The summary judgment application
Did Mr Hall breach his duties in failing to notify the claimants?
Could all the claims be dealt with summarily?
Was it therefore appropriate to order summary judgment as to part only of the claims?
Interim relief

Article summary

DR analysis: The Chancery Division granted summary judgment in respect of part of the claimants’ claims based on certain admissions made by the defendants in their statements of case. In a case against a former senior employee for taking business and other employees to a competitor company in breach of an employee’s duties, the court considered whether the employee had a real prospect of defending the claim.

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