Subjects:

Employment Law

Contents:

1. Introduction , Paul Goulding QC and Ivan Hare

2. Duties , Tom Croxford, James Segan, Mark Vinall, and Melanie Adams

3. Confidential Information and the Database Right , Robert Howe, Thomas de la Mare, and Melanie Adams

4. Garden Leave , Paul Goulding QC, Kate Gallafent, Jane Mulcahy, and Julia Palca

5. Restrictive Covenants , Paul Goulding QC, Gerard Clarke, James Segan, and Julia Palca

6. Vendor-Purchaser, Partnership, and Other Commercial Agreements , Paul Goulding QC, Robert Weekes, and Melanie Adams

7. Related Concepts , Brian Kennelly, Paul Stevens, Catherine Taylor, and Mark Vinall

8. Pre-action Steps , Catherine Taylor

9. Injunctions and Other Interim Remedies , Paul Goulding QC, Tom Croxford, Ivan Hare, Stephen Nathan QC , and Catherine Taylor

10. Damages and Other Remedies , Stephen Nathan QC and Catherine Taylor

11. Practice and Procedure , Catherine Callaghan and Robert Weekes

Appendices

1. Forensic Investigations , Edward Wilding

2. Sample Employee Duties Clauses , Melanie Adams

3. Sample Confidential Information Clauses , Melanie Adams

4. Sample Garden Leave Clauses , Julia Palca

5. Sample Garden Leave Particulars of Claim and Injunction , Jane Mulcahy

6. Drafting Restrictive Covenants: A Note , Julia Palca

7. Sample Restrictive Covenants (Employment) , Julia Palca

8. Sample Restrictive Covenants (Vendor-Purchaser and Partnership) , Melanie Adams

9. Sample Pre-Action Letters , Catherine Taylor

10. Sample Witness Statement for Interim Relief , Robert Weekes

11. Sample Prayer for Relief in Particulars of Claim , Stephen Nathan QC

12. Table of Key Employee Competition Cases , Catherine Taylor

Employment Covenants, Confidential Information, and Garden Leave is a comprehensive and practical text for solicitors and barristers practising in employment law. It provides detailed analysis of the full range of issues that are encountered in contentious and non-contentious work concerning all forms of competition by employees and directors.

Written by a team of leading practitioners from Blackstone Chambers and Olswang, Employment Covenants, Confidential Information, and Garden Leave>/i> combines an authoritative account of the substantive law with an overview of the relevant procedural issues. Topics covered include good faith and related duties, fiduciary duties, confidential information, garden leave, and restrictive covenants. Comprehensive coverage of available remedies (including injunctions, damages, and account of profits) ensures that the book is of real, practical value to practitioners.

Containing checklists, material on drafting, and sample clauses at the end of each chapter, as well as appendices identifying key decisions in the field, Employment Covenants, Confidential Information, and Garden Leave provides a practical and user-friendly guide to employment covenants.

• Combines comprehensive coverage of the substantive law with an extensive treatment of the relevant procedural issues
• Offers thoughtful and in-depth analysis of the full range of issues encountered in contentious and non-contentious work concerning competition by employees and directors, including complex employment covenants
• Written by a team of leading experts from Blackstone Chambers and Olswang, led by Paul Goulding QC
• Focuses on the issues encountered in practice, and includes helpful checklists and sample clauses, as well as materials on drafting, and appendices indentifying key decisions in the area
• Guides the reader through important procedural aspects, including remedies (including injunctions, damages, and accounts of profits)