A High Court case illustrates that it is not always in an employer’s best interests to immediately place an employee on garden leave, or seek injunctive relief against a departing employee when they leave to set up in competition. Although seeking an injunction is often the knee-jerk reaction of an Read more…
The High Court has granted an injunction to enforce a 12 month non-compete restrictive covenant which, if read literally, offered the claimant employer no protection at all. The court was prepared to read words into the covenant to produce a commercially sensible result. This case is a useful reminder of Read more…
Businesses will welcome a High Court decision which held that non-solicitation and non-dealing restrictive covenants in the employment contract of a recruitment consultant were enforceable. The employer had a legitimate interest to protect, despite the fact that recruitment information was widely available on social media. The court also seemed to Read more…