Gardening leave is not at your leisure – High Court rules on notices and covenant periods

It is often forgotten that the received wisdom as the 1990s wore on was that restrictive covenants and other restraints on free movement of staff would become a thing of the past for law firm partners and industry in general as the market went the way of the US. However, a High Court ruling this week is a further reminder that employers’ rights to insist on such terms – and how they are used – are still very much a reality.

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