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General Billposting Co v Atkinson: HL 14 Dec 1908

A company manager obtained damages for wrongful dismissal against the company. His contract of service had bound him not to carry on competing trade. Held that the company were no longer entitled to enforce this restriction in consequence of their breach of contract.

Judges:

Lord Chancellor (Loreburn), the Earl Of Halsbury, Lords Robertson and Collins

Citations:

[1908] UKHL 701, [1909] AC 118, 46 SLR 701

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Employment

Updated: 26 April 2022; Ref: scu.621528

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