Linklaters LLP & Anor v Mellish [2019] EWHC 295 (QB) (18 February 2019)
The litigation was resolved by agreement between the parties, with the defendant providing undertakings not to disclose confidential information and to destroy confidential documents, and proceedings stayed on the terms of a Tomlin Order.
- Citation
- [2019] EWHC 295 (QB)
- Parties
- Claimant: Linklaters LLP; Claimant: Linklaters Business Services; Defendant: Frank Mellish
- Jurisdiction
- England and Wales
- Judgment Date
- 18 February 2019
- Procedural Posture
- Civil / Final Judgment Following Settlement (tomlin Order)
- Outcome
- Proceedings stayed by consent (Tomlin Order); undertakings given by defendant; no order as to costs.
- Legal Topics
- Interim Injunctions, Confidential Information, Settlement (tomlin Order)
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Parties
Linklaters LLP
Claimant
Linklaters Business Services
Claimant
Frank Mellish
Defendant
Procedural Posture
Civil / Final Judgment Following Settlement (tomlin Order)
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether to continue an injunction restraining disclosure of confidential information
- 2 Whether to approve a consent order settling the proceedings
Ratio Decidendi
The litigation was resolved by agreement between the parties, with the defendant providing undertakings not to disclose confidential information and to destroy confidential documents, and proceedings stayed on the terms of a Tomlin Order.
Court Disposition
Proceedings stayed by consent (Tomlin Order); undertakings given by defendant; no order as to costs.
Orders
- Proceedings stayed on terms of Tomlin Order
- Defendant to provide and abide by undertakings not to disclose specified information
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