The court heard Mr Daniel had been a senior director of CSL, while Mr Leighton-Pope had been a sub-agent, particularly in connection with its business with Dickinson.
The company is claiming the sum for cash it says it lost after Dickinson took his business from them, as well as for the loss of confidentiality of its database.īut the two men say it was not any misuse of private data that got the singer to leave CSL, but because he always had a good relationship with them and wanted to stick with them. Last year, CSL sued over Mr Daniel's and Mr Leighton-Pope's 'misuse' of confidential business data - including contact details for its clients - and won a judgment in its favour when the two men's defences were struck out.īut the case reached court again, with Judge Jason Beer KC being asked to order the two men and Mr Leighton-Pope's agency, D&A Associates, to hand CSL at least £270,000 in compensation.
He has lived a colourful life in and outside the music industry, including famously qualifying and then working as a commercial airline pilot even after he found fame. He was initially vocalist with rockers Samson, joining Iron Maiden for their iconic 1982 album The Number Of The Beast. His new tour agents had previously worked for or been connected with Celebrity Speakers (CSL), but then moved on, taking Dickinson with them, the company's lawyers say.ĭickinson is known for his operatic 'air-raid warning' style of singing, but in recent years has forged a side career, filling theatres around the world on a series of spoken-word tours.
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