The case of Dorma
UK Ltd v Bateman has just been reported in the latest edition of the Industrial
Relations Law Reports as [2016] IRLR 616. Adam Solomon and Charlotte Davies successfully represented the Claimant in
obtaining a springboard injunction against a team of ex-employees to restrain
them from working for a competitor, and poaching customers or employees. What
was most significant about the case was that the Judge followed the Claimant’s
suggestion that the springboard relief should be granted in the terms of
restrictive covenants found in only one of the defendant’s employment contracts,
notwithstanding that others did not have such a covenant.
