The scope of the employee’s obligation of confidentiality was considered by the Court of Appeal in Faccenda Chicken v Fowler . The judgment of the court was read by

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The scope of the employee’s obligation of confidentiality was considered by the Court of Appeal in Faccenda Chicken v Fowler . The judgment of the court was read by

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ABSTRACT

The two appeals are against the orders of Goulding J dated 8 November 1983, whereby he rejected the claims by Faccenda Chicken Ltd (‘Faccenda’) that the respondents to the appeals had improperly used confidential information obtained during their employment by Faccenda and had conspired together to injure Faccenda.