Hearings
England & Wales
08 Nov 1983 [1984] ICR 589; [1985] 1 All ER 724, Ch D
05 Dec 1985 [1987] Ch 117; [1986] 3 WLR 288; [1986] ICR 297; [1986] 1 All ER 617, CA
Faccenda Chicken Ltd v Fowler
Additional names
Fowler v Faccenda Chicken Ltd
Subject Matter
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION — Breach of confidence — Employment — Salesmen acquiring skill and knowledge during course of employment — Salesmen leaving and forming company in competition with employer's business — Whether knowledge of employer's customers confidential — Whether use of knowledge in breach of implied term of contract — Whether actionable conspiracy
[1987] Ch 117; [1986] 3 WLR 288; [1984] ICR 589; [1986] ICR 297
Appellate History
Faccenda Chicken Ltd v Fowler [1984] ICR 589; [1985] 1 All ER 724, Ch D
Decision of Goulding J affirmed
Faccenda Chicken Ltd v Fowler [1987] Ch 117; [1986] 3 WLR 288; [1986] ICR 297; [1986] 1 All ER 617, CA