Non-Compete Clauses in Employment Contracts - A Roundup of Future Developments

Introduction

This webinar will provide a brief guide to non-compete clauses and other restraints of trade commonly included in employment contracts.

What types exist? A brief consideration of why employers want them and do they work? Are they enforceable? Will non-compete clauses soon have a three-month limit?

This webinar will be of interest to HR professionals and employment lawyers who are looking for a refresher on the law regarding restraints of trade with an eye to future developments. It will also be of interest to civil litigators who sometimes encounter restraints of trade in employment contracts being of relevance to wider disputes that they are instructed in.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• An overview of non-compete clauses, non-solicitation clauses and non-dealing clauses. Garden leave and implied duties of fidelity are outside the scope of this webinar but will be touched upon briefly
• An overview of the legal enforceability of restraints of trade and how they are enforced in practice using the civil courts
• A look at some of the key case law
• Drafting and interpretation points
• A brief consideration of the effect of TUPE transfers

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Wednesday 27th May 2026

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