Restrictive covenants were too wide to be enforceable, says Court

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• Steptoe & Johnson LLP

In WRN Limited v. Ayris (2008), Mr Ayris was initially employed by WRN as a Marketing and Broadcasting Manager and was later appointed to Head of Sales and Marketing. His employment contract contained six month restrictive covenants.

He resigned and entered into a Compromise Agreement which reflected the same post-termination restrictive covenants as were in his employment contract.

WRN applied for an injunction when Mr Ayris took up employment with a competitor. The Court held that the r... (202 more words)

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