Our Employment and Commercial Litigation teams are
well placed to deal with breach of contract claims in the High
Court, in cases where the Employment
Tribunals do not have jurisdiction due to the level of
claims.
We have extensive experience dealing with
such matters as the non payment of bonuses (whether they are
expressed to be contractual or discretionary), claims for non
payment of a notice period in circumstances when an employee
has been dismissed and also obtaining and defending injunctions for
breach of restrictive covenants in employment contracts.
Examples of employment dispute cases we have
dealt with include:
- acting for a well known manufacturing company
in a successful claim against a former employee for misuse of
confidential information
- acting for an employee against an employer
who provided a negligently prepared employment
reference, achieving a significant award of damages
- advising on numerous claims concerning
alleged breaches of restrictive covenants in employment contracts
both for claimants and defendants
- advising a US-based manufacturing company in
a claim against an ex-employee for breach of confidentiality and
breach of his restrictive covenants in relation to a manufacturing
process and customer/client contact list and an application for
injunctive relief in that regard
- acting for a specialist metal stockist, to
enforce garden leave and post-termination restrictions contained in
two senior employees' contracts of employment. This involved
issuing injunctive proceedings and as a result the client was able
to keep the employees out of the market for the duration of the
post termination restrictions
- acting for a specialist financial
markets head hunter to stop an employee unfairly competing with it
whilst still employed and on garden leave. We were able to
resolve the matter without having to issue proceedings, which
included obtaining payment of all legal costs and an account of
profit
- acting for a staffing company in relation to
a team move, whereby a whole team of individuals moved to a
competitor and misused confidential information and breached
various restrictive covenants. As a result of an early and
pro-active intervention, we were able to settle this complex matter
in a commercially beneficial way for the client thereby avoiding
costly and potentially risky litigation.
View our client
guide to employment injunctions.
our employment disputes reputation
"The team’s litigation practice
continues to go from strength to the strength. Clients include
Adecco and Manpower, and the team also acts for UK border agencies
on the immigration status of agency workers."
Chambers
UK, A Client's Guide to the Legal Profession
2010
