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March 30, 2016

Six month restraint on financial adviser

Archive Employment Contract, enforce restraint, Injunctive Orders

The District Court of Queensland has granted an injunction to an employer restraining a financial adviser from soliciting or providing professional services to any clients of his former employer for a period of up to 6 months. The employee managed 60 portfolios for the employer before his departure. In the time between the employee’s departure […]

July 24, 2014

Urgent action required to enforce restraint

Archive Contract of Employment, enforce restraint, Restraint Clause

In a NSW Supreme Court decision, Fairfax applied for an injunction to restrain a former employee from working for Yahoo!7. The employee commenced with Fairfax in 2009. In October 2011, he was promoted and subsequently signed another contract with Fairfax. The contract contained a restraint clause that restrained the employee from working for a competitor […]