Wessex Dairies Ltd v Smith

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1935
Year1935
CourtCourt of Appeal
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  • Singapore River Cruises & Leisure Pte Ltd v Phun Teow Kie and Another
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 6 January 2000
    ...to be helpful in establishing that Phun owed the duties alleged in this case. Robb v Green [1895] 2 QB 315 and Wessex Dairies Ltd v Smith [1935] 2 KB 80 both involve existing customers of the plaintiffs. They do not relate to new business opportunities. In Industrial Development Consultants......
  • Faccenda Chicken Ltd v Fowler
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 5 December 1985
    ...on an ex-employee canvassing or doing business with customers of his former employer (see Robb v. Green [1895] 2 Q.B. 315 and Wessex Dairies Ltd. v. Smith [1935] 2 K.B. 80). (4) The implied term which imposes an obligation on the employee as to his conduct after the determination of the e......
  • Abdul Latif Bin Mohamed Tahiar (trading as Canary Agencies) v Saeed Husain s/o Hakim Gulam Mohiudin (trading as United Limousine)
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 31 January 2003
    ...Pernas Hotel Chain (Selangor) Bhd [1987] 1 MLJ 210 (refd) Spedding v Fitzpatrick (1888) 38 Ch D 410 (refd) Wessex Dairies Limited v Smith [1935] 2 KB 80 (folld) Andrew J Hanam (Hanam & Co) for the appellant K Anparasan (Khattar Wong & Partners) for the respondent. MPH Rubin J 1 This appeal ......
  • Allied Irish Banks Plc v Diamond
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 14 October 2011
    ...[2008] I.R.L.R. 288; Helmet Integrated Systems Ltd. v. Tunnard [2007] EWCA Civ 1735, [2007] I.R.L.R. 126;Wessex Dairies Ld. v. Smith [1935] 2 K.B. 80;Hivac, LD. v. Park Royal Scientific Instruments, LD.[1946] 1 Ch. 169 and Sanders v. Parry [1967] 1 W.L.R. 753 approved. 15. That information ......
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2 firm's commentaries
  • Confidential information and departing employees - the threat from within
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 25 August 2013
    ...n 4. See also Riteway Express Pty Ltd v Clayton (1987) 10 NSWLR 238 at 240; 5 ACLC 1045. 19Above, n 4. 20 See Wessex Dairies Ltd v Smith [1935] 2 KB 80 at 21See Robb v Green [1895] 2 QB 315. 22Halliday & Nicholas Insurance Brokers Pty Ltd v Corsiatto (2001) 11 ANZ Ins Cas 61-505; [2001]......
  • When An Employee Joins The Competition
    • Ireland
    • Mondaq Ireland
    • 24 July 2013
    ...canvassing or doing business with customers of his former employer (applied Robb v Green (1895) 2 QB 315 and Wessex Dairies Ltd v Smith (1935) 2 KB 80). The Court held that the implied term continued after the determination of the employment but was more restricted in its scope than during ......
2 books & journal articles
  • The Common Law Obligations of the Employee under the Contract of Employment
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Individual Employment Law. Second Edition
    • 16 June 2008
    ...are Hivac Ltd. v. Park Royal Scientif‌ic Instruments Ltd. , [1946] Ch. 169, especially at 176–77 (C.A.); Wessex Dairies Ltd. v. Smith, [1935] 2 K.B. 80 at 84 (C.A.). 106 Examples: Segin v. Hewitt (1993), 1 C.C.E.L. (2d) 5 (Ont. Gen. Div.); Isopo v. Kobe Fabrics Ltd. (1994), 5 C.C.E.L. (2d) ......
  • The Common Law Obligations of the Employee under the Contract of Employment
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Individual Employment Law
    • 1 September 2000
    ...are Hivac Ltd. v. Park Royal Scientific Instruments Ltd., [1946] Ch.169, especially at 176-77 (C.A.); Wessex Dairies Ltd. v. Smith, [1935] 2 K.B. 80 at 84 (C.A.). 81 E.g., Segin v. Hewitt (1993), 1 C.C.E.L. (2d) 5 (Ont. Gen. Div.); hopo v. Kobe Fabrics Ltd. (1994), 5 C.C.E.L. (2d) 172 at 17......

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