Breach of confidentiality
Disputes about confidential information, restrictive covenants and what you can do after you leave.
How we can help
- Reviewing confidentiality clauses and post-termination restrictions
- Advising whether a restrictive covenant is actually enforceable
- Defending allegations that you have taken or misused confidential information
- Responding to injunction threats and cease-and-desist letters
- Advising on what you can lawfully take with you when you leave
- Negotiating variations to restrictions where a new role is at stake
What happens next
- Send us your contract and anything you’ve received from your employer.
- We’ll advise on what the restrictions actually prevent — often less than they appear to.
- We respond on your behalf and negotiate where a practical solution exists.
Fees for this work
Charged hourly given the urgency and variability of these matters. We will agree a cap with you where possible.
Common questions
Are non-compete clauses enforceable?
Only so far as they go no further than is reasonably necessary to protect a legitimate business interest. Many are drafted too widely and would not survive a challenge — but that has to be tested, not assumed.
My new employer has offered me a job. Am I at risk?
Possibly, and your new employer may be too. Take advice before you accept, not after you have started.
What is confidential information?
Genuine trade secrets and commercially sensitive material — not everything your employer would prefer you did not repeat. Your general skill and experience remain yours.
They've threatened an injunction. What happens now?
Injunction applications move very quickly, sometimes within days. Do not ignore the letter, and do not respond to it without advice.
Tell us what's happened
Confidential, reviewed by a solicitor, answered within one working day.