Recent Cases
Case details
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Client found not to breach his contract or post termination restrictive covenants
19 October 2011
Our client left a global financial trading house to join as an equity partner at a well known hedge fund. He had signed the LLP agreement and was due to invest a significant amount of capital in the partnership. However, shortly after joining the new fund he realised that things were not as he expected and not as he had been promised.
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Breach of contract and financial loss claim not pursued against client
27 September 2011
Our client had agreed to move from one major software house to another. Prior to the move, the client made available to the new employer certain trade secrets belonging to the old employer.
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Former employer not able to enforce Restrictive Covenants against our client
19 September 2011
We acted for a senior individual employed by a global telecommunications business in moving to another global communications business operating in a similar but not identical business space.
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Director's contract negotiation successfully achieved
19 September 2011
We acted for a client who was a board director of a major international bank and was moving to a similar position at another major international institution.
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Client accused by his employer of soliciting a colleague in breach of contract
27 April 2010
We acted for an individual who resigned from his employer to go to a new company and was accused by his employer of soliciting a colleague in breach of contract. The employer argued that our client was in breach of his fiduciary duties (e.g. a duty of no conflict and a duty not to profit from his position) and duty of fidelity by allegedly encouraging his colleague to leave the employer and go with him to the new company.
