Wincanton Ltd v Cranny

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date2000
Year2000
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
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7 cases
  • Alan James Boydell v NZP Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 4 April 2023
    ...was working for the claimants is plainly too wide in principle. He referred to the decision of this court in Wincanton Ltd v Cranny [2000] IRLR 716. In that case the claimant company sought to enforce a 12 month covenant which prohibited the defendant from being engaged, concerned or intere......
  • Scott Greck V. Henderson Asia Pacific Equity Partners (fp} Lp+henderson Equity Partners (gp) Limited+henderson Equity Partners Limited+roger Greville
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Session
    • 8 January 2008
    ...he referred to Dyson Technology Ltd v Strutt [2005] EWHC 2814; TFS Derivatives Ltd v Morgan [2005] IRLR 246; Wincanton Ltd v Cranny [2000] IRLR 716; Lansing Linde v Kerr [1991] 1 All ER 418. In reliance on FSS Travel and Leisure Systems Limited v Johnson [1998] IRLR 382, he submitted that e......
  • Sparta Global Ltd v Ben Hayes
    • United Kingdom
    • King's Bench Division
    • 25 January 2024
    ...they are not confined to preventing Mr Hayes from undertaking the kind of work which he undertook for Sparta ( Wincanton v Cranny [2000] IRLR 716). Third, they extend beyond clients with whom Mr Hayes dealt ( Austin Knight v Hinds [1994] FSR 42). I next consider the question of the notice p......
  • Canadian Worldwide Express v Smith and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 25 January 2005
    ...not propose to go on to explore it further. 101 A similar situation arose in the more recent case of Wincanton Limited v. Cranny & another 2000 IRLR716. In that case, three quarters of a 12 month permitted period of restraint had passed, before interim injunctive relief was sought, in circu......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • Restrictive Covenants In Employment Contracts
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    • 15 April 2008
    ...relating to the duration, scope and nature and effect of the restriction. In Wincanton Ltd v Cranny and SDM European Transport Ltd [2000] IRLR 716,CA the failed covenant was a general clause for inclusion in all employment Restrictive covenants generally restrict the employee from working f......

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