RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS AND REPUTATION MANAGEMENT

When an employment relationship breaks down one of the most important issues for both parties is what will happen when the employee leaves?  Will they work for a competitor, and if so, will they use information they have gleaned whilst in their current employment?

Provided they are well drafted, courts are willing to support employers in enforcing restrictive covenants.

We have the experience to advise whether or not restrictive covenants are likely to be enforceable and whether or not employees will be free to compete and breach their restrictions.

We can also assist employers and employees regarding practical steps that might be taken such as retrieving deleted files; court orders to seize information contained on the employee’s electronic devices and in “team move” situations.

In what can be an emotive situation, we are often able to find solutions aimed at avoiding expensive court action and ensuring that commercial and repetitional issues are managed and protected.

Madeleine Thomson
Employment Protect