The court looked to an appointment for a 10 year term as a manufacturing chemist as manager of the plaintiff company’s works.
Held: If negative injunctive relief was granted ‘the man must either be idle, or specifically perform the agreement into which he has entered’. He categorised the contract as being for personal services. He also said that there was ‘no very definite line’.
Judges:
Lindley LJ
Citations:
[1891] 2 CH. 416
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Lady Navigation Inc v Lauritzencool Ab and Another CA 17-May-2005
The shipowner appealed the award against them of an injunction requiring them not to act inconsistently with a time charterparty. The company said that such a form of order was improper.
Held: The existence of the contract to do what was . .
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Litigation Practice
Updated: 09 May 2022; Ref: scu.225448
