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Employment-law [2015] 1 JLR 390

CPA v. Keogh

CPA v. Keogh [2015] 1 JLR 390 (05 May 2015)

The case concerns an employer’s restraint of trade clause and confirms that employers may protect trade secrets, but not an employee’s own skills and knowledge.

  • Restraint-of-trade
  • Protection-of-trade-secrets
  • Employee-skill-and-knowledge
  • Trade-secrets
  • Employment-law
  • Contract-law
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Employment-law [2015] JRC 091

CPA -v- Keogh and De St Paer

CPA -v- Keogh and De St Paer [2015] JRC 091 (05 May 2015)

The Royal Court set aside ex parte interim injunctions against two former CPA employees, finding notice should have been given and the covenants were unlikely enforceable.

  • Restraint-of-trade
  • Non-compete-covenants
  • Confidential-information
  • Interim-injunctions
  • Employment-law
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Civil-procedure [2014] JRC 232A

Rokos -v- Bevan Howard LP

Rokos -v- Bevan Howard LP [2014] JRC 232A (26 November 2014)

The Royal Court refused most of Brevan Howard’s discovery and information requests, holding post-agreement conduct was irrelevant to the restraint of trade issue.

  • Discovery
  • Restraint-of-trade
  • Confidentiality
  • Privilege
  • Civil-procedure
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Contract-law [2014] JRC 208

Rokos -v- Brevan Howard (Jersey) LP

Rokos -v- Brevan Howard (Jersey) LP [2014] JRC 208 (29 October 2014)

The Royal Court ordered Brevan Howard's strike out application to be heard with the main trial, because the restraint-of-trade issue may depend on factual evidence.

  • Restraint-of-trade
  • Partnership-restrictions
  • Enforceability-of-covenants
  • Public-policy
  • Partnership-law
  • Strike-out-applications
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Contract-law [2011] JRC 212

STM Fiduciaire -v- Bay Isles

STM Fiduciaire -v- Bay Isles [2011] JRC 212 (02 November 2011)

After withdrawal of claims seeking injunctions, the court held the evidence against the defendants was too weak and awarded them indemnity costs.

  • Interlocutory-injunctions
  • Restraint-of-trade
  • Costs
  • Consultancy-agreements
  • Share-purchase-agreements
  • Indemnity-costs
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Trust-law [2003] JRC 133

S and A v Standard Chartered

S and A v Standard Chartered [2003] JRC 133 (18 July 2003)

The Royal Court of Jersey refused to defer a bidder deadline for a company sale, but allowed a limited amendment to the sale agreement and prior order.

  • Variation-of-consent-order
  • Sale-of-company-assets
  • Restraint-of-trade
  • Amendment-of-sale-agreement
  • Consent-order-variation
  • Company-sale
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Employment-law [2001] JRC 157

Rossborough v Boon

Rossborough v Boon [2001] JRC 157 (25 July 2001)

The Jersey Royal Court considered whether former insurance employees had been constructively dismissed and whether restrictive covenants in their contracts should be enforced.

  • Restraint-of-trade
  • Constructive-dismissal
  • Employment-covenants
  • Pension-rights
  • Interlocutory-injunctions
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Employment-law [1968] JJ 903

Nicol v Egan

Nicol v Egan [1968] JJ 903 (31 May 1968)

A Jersey restraint of trade case holding that a whole-Island non-compete for a physiotherapist was reasonable, but a 10-year term was excessive.

  • Restraint-of-trade
  • Non-compete-clauses
  • Injunctions
  • Employment-law
  • Contract-law
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Employment-law [1965] JJ 455

Wallis v Taylor

Wallis v Taylor [1965] JJ 455 (04 May 1965)

The court held that an employer may restrain a former employee to protect legitimate business interests, including loss of business through personal recommendation.

  • Restraint-of-trade
  • Protection-of-business-interests
  • Competition
  • Employment-law
  • Business-interests
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