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Covenants in employees' contracts unenforceable as being too wide
An employer has failed to stop former employees from working with his customers at their new employer's, because the court has ruled that the restrictions in the employees' contracts are too wide and therefore unenforceable.

Relief from forfeiture of a lease must be given by the court
A tenant who had negotiated relief from forfeiture with his landlord still had to go to court to get the relief formalised in a court order, the court has ruled in a recent case.

Confidentiality agreement ineffective because it was not clear what was confidential
An agreement designed to protect an employer's confidential information did not make it sufficiently clear what was confidential, and was therefore ineffective, a court has ruled.

Tenant's exercise of break clause ineffective because interest not paid
A tenant's exercise of his right to get out of a lease using a break clause was held ineffective by the court because he had not paid interest due under the lease, even though the landlord had never asked for it.

Court applies new principles, and ignores post-nuptial agreement
The High Court has recently set aside a post-nuptial agreement as a result of following the principles laid down in the legal decision of Granatino v Radmacher in which the court considered whether to take into account a pre-nuptial agreement.

Exiting director has right to veto appointment of expert to value his shares under articles
Limited companies should check their articles to be sure departing directors who also hold shares do not have the right to stop the appointment of a share valuation expert on grounds he/she is unhappy with the expert's terms of engagement, following a recent Court of Appeal decision.

Direct negotiations without lawyers end in court case on whether clients had agreed settlement
The managing directors of two companies due to go to court in a dispute had a series of telephone conversations, without involving their lawyers, to discuss how to resolve it, but ended up in court anyway arguing whether they had reached agreement or not.

Court clarifies when an employer is liable for employee violence
The Court of Appeal has clarified the circumstances when an attack by one employee on another creates a liability for the employer.

Commercial lets to charities that mean landlords avoid business rates must be genuine
Charities that do not occupy commercial property they lease are being investigated by the Charity Commission in case the let has taken place to help the landlord avoid business rates.

Court clarifies right to higher payments under Feed-In Tariff scheme
Business and domestic property owners seeking payments under the Government's Feed-In Tariff (FIT) scheme can now be certain how much they will be paid, following a recent legal ruling that proposed cuts to the sums payable were unlawful.


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