24 Oct 2003
DEACONS (a firm) v. WHITE & CASE LTD LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP AND OTHERS
- Citation
- DEACONS (a firm) v. WHITE & CASE LTD LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA2433/2002
Court construed the May 1999 non-solicitation exchange as prohibiting solicitation (the initial approach) but found no solicitation by White & Case; however Fairbairn and Cairns breached their contractual and fiduciary duties by disclosing confidential, commercially sensitive material (Business Plan), by encouraging and facilitating a coordinated team exit and by soliciting client support, and White & Case unlawfully interfered with Deacons' business by encouraging transfer of clients — liability established against Fairbairn, Cairns and White & Case for those breaches; remedies (damages and…