Employee Competition: Covenants, Confidentiality, and Garden Leave

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)