“…In the House of Lords [1940] 1 All ER 479 the only cause of action discussed in the speeches is inducing breach of contract. It is not possible to tell whether this is because that was the only one whi…”
“…ach a contract; and conspiracy. Both claims failed in this court. An appeal to the House of Lords on the question of inducing a breach of contract also failed: [1940] 1 All ER 479, but the claim in conspiracy was not considered by the House. The clearest statement of principle on the conspiracy claim was that of Finlay LJ who said that M…”
“…In British Industrial Plastics Ltd v Ferguson [1940] 1 All ER 479 Mr Doherty had been employed by BIP. He offered to disclose to Mr Ferguson information about a process used by BIP, which he had invented, and which Mr Ferguso…”
“…He illustrated this by reference to the case of British Industrial Plastics Ltd v Ferguson [1940] 1 All ER 479 in which the defendant had received information about one of the claimant’s secret processes from the claimant’s former employee who had invented the process. …”