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

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.