Case round-up: Restrictive covenants

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  Willow Oak Developments Ltd t/a Windsor Recruitment v Silverwood and others [2006] IRLR 607 CA (2 other reports)

  • Unfair dismissal: Refusal to sign unreasonable restrictive covenants can be fair reason for dismissal

    Date:

    20 October 2006

    In Willow Oak Developments Ltd t/a Windsor Recruitment v Silverwood and others [2006] IRLR 607 CA, the Court of Appeal holds that a refusal to sign post-employment restrictive covenants can amount to a potentially fair reason for dismissal. However, the tribunal was entitled to find that the way in which the employer had sought to impose the change was procedurally unfair.

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    Date:

    1 July 2006

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