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Topic

Employee competition

Legal area

Court

23 May 1989

MAURIELLO (HONG KONG) LTD. v. JULIE CHEN SOO LEE t/a ROHEMIAN SHOP

Citation

MAURIELLO (HONG KONG) LTD. v. JULIE CHEN SOO LEE t/a ROHEMIAN SHOP
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA7088/1987

Plaintiff failed to prove the existence of the alleged exclusive supply contract or of any dishonest, underhand or deliberate misuse by the defendant of confidential customer lists or other protectable information; only customer lists were protectable but there was no evidence the defendant took or used them dishonestly, therefore all claims failed.
24 Feb 1981

CHAN YIU-YAM v. PETER WOO

Citation

CHAN YIU-YAM v. PETER WOO
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV149/1980

On the facts the employee did not deliberately compete with or take work from the employer and his activities fell within permitted consultancy or were too remote to undermine trust; therefore there was no breach of the duty of good faith and fidelity and the instant dismissal was wrongful; appeal dismissed.