Covenant drafting
Non-compete, non-solicit, non-deal and confidentiality clauses drafted narrowly enough to enforce.
Covenants · Thames Valley
Restrictive Covenant Solicitor for Employers in the Thames Valley
Thames Valley employers rely heavily on restrictive covenants to protect customer relationships and know-how — and courts are unforgiving of covenants drafted too broadly or enforced without a clear evidential base.
Restrictive Covenant Solicitor for Employers in the Thames Valley.
Thames Valley employers dealing with departing senior hires, team lifts or covenant-litigation risk.
Cases like Tillman v Egon Zehnder shaped the modern enforcement landscape — and government reform proposals continue to move the goalposts.
Common matters on this page.
Springboard injunction strategy
Where a competitor is set up with your data — early tactical decisions matter.
Response to former employer's cease-and-desist
Evidence, denial and negotiation strategy.
Legal risks & how we manage them
What can go wrong — and how we contain it.
Non-compete unenforceable for over-breadth — losing the whole clause.
Sensible geographic, duration and activity scope.
Injunction pursued without documented evidence.
Evidence lockdown before any application.
Legislation that shapes this work.
- Common law restraint of trade
- Central test of enforceability.
- Trade Secrets (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2018
- Statutory overlay on confidentiality claims.
FAQs
Questions we get asked.
- Do you handle injunction applications?
- We handle pre-injunction strategy and coordinate specialist counsel for the application itself.
- Can you audit our existing covenants?
- Yes — a covenant health-check across the workforce.
Topical cluster.
Talk to a restrictive covenant solicitor in the Thames Valley.
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