On October 23, 2009
Business Brief: Taking Clients When You Leave
Nick Hine, partner at law firm Thomas Eggar, responds to your employment law questions: I have been offered a job by a competitor of my current employer who essentially wants me to bring as many clients as I can with me to this new role. There are some restrictions against me doing this in my contract but are they worth the paper they are written on? Could they prevent me from doing my new job at the competitor company? — name witheld Many contracts contain what we lawyers call “restrictive covenants”. They are clauses in an employment contract which continue after the termination of the employment relationship. The general principle is that an employee is free to work for whoever he/she chooses. However, a…
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