restrictive covenants
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M&E Global (Staffing) Solutions Ltd & Anor v Tudge & Ors [2016] EWHC 597 (QB)
Orders granting interim relief were made after the court found that the defendants had broken the terms of a restrictive covenant which formed part of their contract of employment.
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17/03/2016 16:31
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Re-Use Collections Ltd v Sendall & Anor [2014] EWHC 3852 (QB)
A restrictive covenant case where the High Court had to decide if the claimant was entitled to an interlocutory injunction which it had obtained in 2013 to prevent an ex-employee from setting up a competing business.
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04/12/2014 11:39
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Sunrise Brokers LLP v Rodgers [2014] EWCA Civ 1373
Appeal against a decision upholding claims by the Respondents for a declaration and injunctive relief arising out of a contract of employment between them and the Appellant.
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28/10/2014 09:26
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Enforcing employment contracts - Case Round-Up: September 2014
In this month's round-up, Mark Shulman consultant solicitor with Keystone Law looks at recent cases on enforcing notice periods and interpreting restrictive covenants.
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07/09/2014 21:20
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Sunrise Brokers LLP v Rodgers [2014] EWHC 2633 (QB)
The employer was seeking 1) a declaration that the employee was still employed by them; and 2) an order restraining the employee from working elsewhere according to a restrictive covenant in his employment contract. The court ruled that the employee was still employed, and an injunction preventing him from working for a competitor for a certain length of time was made.
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30/07/2014 15:52
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Prophet PLC v Huggett [2014] EWCA Civ 1013
Appeal against a ruling that imposed an injunction on the ex-employee restraining him from working with his new employer for a year. Appeal allowed and the injunction was discharged.
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23/07/2014 11:25
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Merlin Financial Consultants Ltd v Cooper [2014] EWHC 1196 (QB)
Judgment arising from breach of restrictive covenant proceedings where the defendant had been paid a lump sum for transfer of goodwill in his clients when he joined the claimant employer. Compensation was awarded, albeit reduced from that claimed.
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20/04/2014 16:09
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Restrictive covenants: evidence and enforceability - Case Round-Up: February 2014
In this month’s round-up, Mark Shulman consultant solicitor with Keystone Law looks at recent cases on restrictive covenants.
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10/02/2014 09:28
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Dinsdale Moorland Services Ltd v Evans & Ors [2014] EWHC 2 (Ch)
In a case concerning restrictive covenants, the Claimant was seeking a declaration that the defences of the defendants had been struck out as a result of a breach of an unless order; in the alternative they sought summary judgment in relation to a number of issues in the claim. The defendants denied they were in breach of the unless order and if they were they sought relief from sanctions; they also sought dismissal of the application for summary judgment. The claimant’s applications were refused.
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17/01/2014 12:04
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East England Schools CIC v Palmer & Anor [2013] EWHC 4138 (QB)
Action concerning restrictive covenants in the contract of employment of an employee of a recruitment consultancy raising a number of issues concerning the validity of such covenants.
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13/01/2014 10:07