Lancashire Fires Ltd v Lyons & Company Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Judgment Date1996
Year1996
Date1996

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  • AT Poeton (Gloucester Plating) Ltd v Horton
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 26 May 2000
    ... ... It originated with an enquiry in mid-1989 from a company in Taiwan relating to the coating of cylinders of motor cycle engines with ... In Lancashire Fires Ltd v Lyons and Co.Ltd [1996] FSR 629, 673–4 the Court of Appeal ... ...
  • Force India Formula 1 Team Ltd v 1 Malaysia Racing Team SDN BHD and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 21 March 2012
    ... ... of WordWave International Limited A Merrill Communications Company 165 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2DY Tel No: 020 7404 1400, Fax No: 020 7404 ... 238 Secondly, in Lancashire Fires Ltd v S.A. Lyons & Co Ltd [1996] FSR 629 at 668–669 Sir Thomas ... ...
  • Vestergaard Frandsen A/S and Others v Bestnet Europe Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 26 June 2009
    ...at 608–609 may be applied. In so holding, I am following the approach of Carnwath J (as he then was) at first instance in Lancashire Fires Ltd v S.A. Lyons & Co Ltd [1996] FSR 629 at 650–651. The Court of Appeal at 675–678 did not reach any clear conclusion as to the correctness of this app......
  • Higher Education Funding Council v Information Commissioner
    • United Kingdom
    • Information Tribunal
    • Invalid date
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1 firm's commentaries
  • Employee Competition: Recent Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    • 7 July 2010
    ...of which include: Balston Ltd v Headline Filters Ltd [1990] FSR 385 (Falconer J); Lancashire Fires Ltd v S A Lyons & Co Ltd [1997] IRLR 113 (CA); CMS Dolphin v Simonet [2001] 2 BCLC 84 (Lawrence Collins J); British Midland Tool Ltd v Midland International Tooling Ltd [2003] 2 BCLC 523 (......
1 books & journal articles
  • Intellectual Property Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2001, December 2001
    • 1 December 2001
    ...favour in subsequent cases (eg, Balston Ltd v Headline Filters Ltd[1987] FSR 330 at 348; Lancashire Fires Ltd v SA Lyons & Company Ltd[1996] FSR 629 at 666—667). Flamelite (supra) can now be included in this list of cases. In his judgment, Rubin J said (at para 147): “[A] worker or contract......