An estate agency is seeking an injunction to stop former employees who joined a rival firm from luring away clients and further employees.
In a High Court writ filed yesterday, Fortune Realty Company said that when he resigned last month, Dick Chan Hiu-yeung was district manager for Ma On Shan, overseeing estates including Bayshore Towers, Villa Athena, Vista Paradiso and Royal Ascot.
The firm claimed Mr Chan's employment contract forbade him to seek employment with another agency to sell or lease properties in the Ma On Shan district if he left. It said Mr Chan was in breach of contract when he began acting on behalf of Centaline Property Agency.
Mr Chan had since been 'transacting and carrying on estate agency business in the Ma On Shan branch of Centaline located at Sunshine City, Ma On Shan', the writ stated. It said Mr Chan solicited other Fortune Realty employees to join Centaline and had lured three others, including Kenny Cheung Pak-wah, who is the subject of a separate writ.
Fortune Realty is seeking an injunction to restrain Mr Chan - for the six-month period after his resignation - from carrying on any estate agency property business in the Ma On Shan district. It is also seeking an undisclosed figure in damages.