NIPC Law

Manchester Civil Justice Centre Author Skip88  Licence Public Domain Source Wikimedia Commons Jane Lambert Court of Appeal (Lords Justices Lewison, Phillips and Snowdon) Cheshire Estate & Legal Ltd. v Blanchfield and others [2024] EWCA Civ 1317 (5 Nov 2024) This was an appeal from the judgment of His Honour Judge Bever sitting in Manchester as a judge of the High Court. The learned judge had dismissed with costs a claim by Cheshire Estate & Legal Ltd. ("Cheshire Estate") against two of its former directors and the company that they were setting up for conspiracy and breach of fiduciary, contractual and confidential duties. The Alleged Wrongdoing The defendants were accused of taking preliminary steps to set up a competing enterprise before they had resigned as Cheshire Estate's directors. Those steps included registering the trading name of the new business, incorporating the company as the corporate vehicle for their venture, appointing themselves as directors ...

Author S kip88   Licence  Public Domain Source Wikimedia Commons   Jane Lambert Business and Property Courts in Manchester (HH Judge Cawson)   Clements v Frisby [2023] EWHC 320 (Ch) (16 Feb 2023) This was an action for breach of confidence. The claimant. Paul Clements ("Mr Clements"), alleged that he had disclosed  in confidence to  the defendant, Adam Frisby ("Mr Frisby"), and Jessica Devine ("Mrs Devine") a business plan for a women's clothing e-commerce retailer. He complained that Mr Frisby had used the plan to set up his own e-commerce business known as "In the Style" which he subsequently floated on the Alternative Investment Marke t to raise £125 million.  Mr Frisby denied Mr Clements's allegations after which Mr Clements launched proceedings. The action came on for trial before His Honour Judge Cawson KC from 16 to 20 Jan 2023.  The learned judge delivered judgment on 16 Feb 2023 (see    Clements v Frisby [2023] EWHC 320 (Ch) (...

Sir Richard Lambert Author FT Licence CC BY 2.0   Source Wikipedia Richard Lambert J ane Lambert Much of the research into COVID-19  is being undertaken by universities in collaboration with biotech and pharmaceutical companies. Collaboration between businesses and universities has been particularly successful in the USA where it has resulted in Silicon Valley and the Boston to Cambridge life sciences cluster.  There have been similar developments in other countries, notably China, Israel and South Korea. The former Chancellor of the Exchequer. Gordon Brown understood the importance of collaboration between businesses and universities. In 2002 he arranged for the Treasury, Department for Education and Skills and Department for Trade and Industry to commission Richard Lambert to report on business and university collaboration (see HM Treasury press release " Government welcomes Business - University Collaboration Review" 4 Dec 2003). Lambert...