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Length:
30 minutes of audio
(+ optional 5 minute online quiz)
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Course Aims:

This podcast aims to give an introduction to practitioners of how restrictive covenants operate in the partnership context and the basic principles applicable.

Outcomes:
After completing the course you will:
  • Understand the basic principles applicable to partners and how they differ from those applicable to employees;
  • Know which are the leading decisions on restrictive covenants in the partnership context;
  • Understand what types of restrictive covenant are, in theory, likely to be upheld;
  • Have received a practical guide on the types of restraints of trade likely to be found reasonable by the courts.
Level:
Intermediate Difficulty: 3 of 5
Sources and References:
  • Competition Act 1998;
  • EC Treaty Article 81;
  • Lindley and Banks on Partnership (18th Ed);
  • Bridge v Deacons [1984] AC 705;
  • Herbert Morris Ltd v Saxelby [1916] 1 AC 688;
  • Vancouver Malt and Sake Brewing Co Ltd v Vancouver Breweries Ltd [1934] AC 181;
  • British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Co Ltd v Schelff [1921] 2 Ch 563;
  • Ronbar Enterprises Ltd v Green [1954] 1 WLR 815;
  • Rock Refrigeration Ltd v Jones [1997] 1 All ER 1;
  • Hurst v Bryk [2002] 1 AC 185;
  • Mullins v Laughton [2003] Ch 250;
  • Gottfried Reuter v BASF AG [1976] 2 CMLR D 44.

This is the first part of a two part podcast taken from an interview with Jeremy Callman, a barrister specialising in partnership and LLP law at Ten Old Square. The interview is on the subject of restrictive covenants in both partnerships and LLPs. It is important to listen to both parts to understand the topic fully.

Podcast Added: 5/9/2008

Podcast last reviewed: 2011-06-27

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