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Quilter Private Client Advisers Limited v Falconer

[2020] EWHC 3294 (QB)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court of England and Wales (Queen's Bench Division)
Year2020
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

Post-termination non-compete, non-solicitation and non-dealing covenants that are not tailored to the individual employee's actual role, seniority and length of service are unreasonably wide and void as restraints of trade; a 'one size fits all' standard-form covenant unsupported by a proportionate legitimate interest will not be enforced.

Area of Law

General

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