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Disclosure - Anan Kasei Co. Ltd v Neo Chemicals & Oxides (Europe) Ltd

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Ceric Oxide Author  Walkerma  Reproduced with kind permission of the copyright owner C   Jane Lambert Patents Court (Mr Justice Mellor) A nan Kasei Co. Ltd and another  v Neo Chemicals & Oxides (Europe) Ltd and another [2021] EWHC 2825 (Pat) (22 Oct 2021) This was a dispute over the terms on which documents containing confidential information relating to the business of the claimants and to two of their trading partners ("Party A" and "Party B") could be disclosed to the defendants.  Those documents were: I. a single (electronic) document called the corrected Sales CM Report that had hitherto been provided to the defendants on an External Eyes Only (EEO) basis. II. a category of documents comprising the claimants' extended disclosure that had also been supplied to the defendants on an EEO basis. III. a Supply & Purchase Agreement made between the claimants and Party A IV. the Party A Licence Agreement, Amendment #1 to the Supply & Purchase Agr...

Restrictive Covenants - Affinity Workforce Solutions Ltd v McCann and others

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Manchester Civil Justice Centre Author Skipp88   Copyright waived by author Source Wikipedia    Jane Lambert Business and Property Courts, Manchester (Mr Justice Snowdon, Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Manchester)  Affinity Workforce Solutions Ltd v McCann and others   [2019] EWHC 2829 (Ch) I cut my teeth doing cases like this when Andrew Blackett-Ord was the Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Manchester and his deputies were James Fitzhugh and Michale O'Donoghue. They used to tour the North of England and on motion days their courts were packed.  My opponents included Northern Circuit legends like Bertie Maddocks and Nigel Howarth who also became circuit judges sitting in the High Court. I learned a lot from doing this sort of work. This was an application by Affinity Workforce Solutions Ltd ("Affinity") for interim injunctions to restrain five of its former employees from taking any part in the business ...