Courts / Kildare / Report

Security firm sues former employees

Date
2020-10-30

Stage
Hearing Or Decision

Primary locality
Kill

County
Kildare

Summary

Datapower Limited has sued former senior employees Declan O'Toole and Graham Mullally, along with Phoenix Security Alarms Ltd, a company linked to them. The company claims the defendants are attempting to solicit its customers and have breached restrictive covenants. Datapower had previously obtained temporary injunctions preventing the defendants from approaching or soliciting any of its customers. The court heard that the defendants had been hired after Datapower acquired Phoenix Alarms Ltd in late 2018, and that they had recently resigned. Datapower alleges that the new company, Phoenix Security Alarms Ltd, was set up to "free ride" on the goodwill of the acquired firm. The court granted injunctions on an ex‑parte basis and will hear the case again in two weeks, with the injunction remaining in place until then.