The former employee challenged a restriction on his post employment career.
Held: The restriction was world-wide and as such tooo wide, and unenforceable.
Judges:
Lord Ross
Citations:
[1977] ScotCS CSIH – 4, 1978 SC 16, 1980 SLT 157
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Citing:
Cited – Haynes v Doman CA 1899
A former servant entered into new employment carrying with him the trade secrets, with the constant risk of divulging them to rival manufacturers. The position of the expert witness was challenged.
Held: An expert witness may not give evidence . .
Cited – Vandervall Products Ltd v M’Leod CA 1957
Lord Evershed MR said that it is very rare to find an ex-employee restrained from exercising his trade in a competing business anywhere in the world. . .
Cited – Commercial Plastics Ltd v Vincent CA 1964
When considering whether an employer could misuse information learned in one employment in a later one the court thought that the defendant would be likely, when the need arose, to dredge up from the recesses of his memory’ the particular item of . .
Cited – Printers and Finishers Limited v Holloway 1965
The court considered the questions arising from the use of information acquired by an employee during his employment after that employment had ended, and noted that information the future use of which will not be restrained is information not . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Scotland, Employment
Updated: 22 July 2022; Ref: scu.279503