Tutorial spat: Top Hong Kong school issues writ after celebrity tutor quits to join rival
King’s Glory Educational Centre wants tutor to stop working for rival and pay unspecified damages after quitting before 2020 expiry of contract
A top tutorial school is seeking an injunction to prevent a celebrity tutor from teaching in a competing school and enticing students and teaching staff away from its tutorial centres.
The dispute came to light in a writ filed in the High Court on Tuesday, in which King’s Glory Educational Centre also demanded unspecified damages plus interest and legal costs from Mia Wong Man-chi and her company, Talent Regent, for an alleged breach of contract.
It is also asking for a court declaration that her contract is still in place.
At issue is whether Wong is still employed by King’s Glory under their agreement dated May 15 last year, in which she signed a contract until June 30, 2020.
That agreement, according to the writ, required Wong to teach at King’s Glory exclusively during the contract period and barred her from engaging in any services linked to other tutorial schools or soliciting students who attended King’s Glory within a year after the expiration or termination of her services.