Reasonable non-compete clause?

[northernladuk]

12 months is very enforceable.

Only if it was extremely well written, detailed and reasonable. A simple can't do this for 12 months won't fly at all. Same goes for any one really but 12 months would have to be pretty tight to stand a chance of passing the reasonableness test.

[Wanderer]

does anybody have a clause that they have used for this that I can borrow and what is a reasonable length of time for such a clause (that would be reasonable and enforceable)?

14 weeks from the start or 8 weeks from the end, whichever is longer.

Add a caveat that if the consultancy company no longer has a business relationship with the client then you are free to work directly with the client immediately.

[Andy Hallett]

Fair enough, I can only speak from personal expetience in respect if our contract.

[SueEllen]

Fair enough, I can only speak from personal expetience in respect if our contract.

Has that clause in your contract be tested in court?

[tractor]

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Fair enough, I can only speak from personal expetience in respect if our contract.

12 month is deemed restraint of trade. This is why the Conduct Regs specify the periods that they do!

Has that clause in your contract be tested in court?

Doubt it, but we will see

[Andy Hallett]

Has that clause in your contract be tested in court?

Against a client, yes.

I've never had to run it as far as court against a contractor.

[Contreras]

... the Agency shall be entitled to charge a fee to the Client in the event that the Consultancy or any Representative is directly engaged by the Client or through another employment business or if the Consultancy or any Representative is engaged by a third party to whom the Consultancy or any Representative has been introduced by the Client, at any time.

That's one I'm looking at right now.

[Old Greg]

Only if it was extremely well written, detailed and reasonable. A simple can't do this for 12 months won't fly at all. Same goes for any one really but 12 months would have to be pretty tight to stand a chance of passing the reasonableness test.

Don't write a good clause.