本周英国法院听证会的发展可能最终使公司执行不竞争协议的公司更加艰难，这意味着防止在某些情况下离开雇员开始新的工作。
每发展,英国公司可能不得不证明that certain client relationships were cultivated and developed specifically by a departing staff member while working at the company if the firms are to successfully enforce contracts that prevent employees from taking customers with them when they leave the company. That’s pending the outcome of a continuing high court battle between two of the world’s largest interdealer brokers, ICAP and BGC Partners, which is scheduled for a showdown at the end of the month.
ICAP正在努力执行其全球经纪电子商务业务前负责人的院长贝尔·贝瑞的非竞争协议，当时加入竞争公司BGC时，ICAP声明在协议中违反了一个条款。Berry的ICAP合约阻止他接近前客户，在离开业务后他在九个月内建立了关系。根据法院文件，它涵盖了在终止他的就业前开发的所有关系。Berry的律师认为，ICAP试图与公司与公司有关系的任何客户禁止他 - 而不仅仅是他专门开发的客户 - 这将阻止他能够在行业中拥有职业生涯。
周二的听证会 - 在审判之前，计划于4月26日开始 - 菲拉·玛丽·奥法雷的正义表示，该责任在原告上确定哪些客户与离开的工作人员建立了关系。在周二的法庭诉讼中，贝瑞的法律团队挑战了icap，以证明在律师提出许多关系之后的委员会属于他们的前雇员，实际上并不是他与本公司其他高级董事的长期关系。
Today, Mrs. Justice O’Farrell told the legal team representing ICAP that the lawyers must hand over details of all expenses and meetings for Seth Johnson, CEO of ICAP’s EBS Brokertec business, and Don McClumpha, deputy CEO of Asia, for the 12 months ending on July 26, 2016. Justice O’Farrell said this would enable all parties to identify the relationships that were formed by the business and those formed specifically by Berry during his time at the firm. Johnson and McClumpha did not respond to a request for comment.
“在我的审判中，在我看来，这是第一个被告的合法要求[浆果]，”法官说。“[原告]确定据称与第一个被告人形成关系的客户是非常重要的，这应该是直截了当的。”
ICAP现在必须提供McClumpha和Johnson在12个月期间会见的人的名称，并指定会议的类型是午餐，在体育赛事中脱颖而出。该业务还将不得不解释会议发生了频率。
Melanie Stancriffe，就业法和英国律师事务所Irwin Mitchell的合伙人表示，最近的趋势英国法院一直避免执行达成协议，以防止离开工人采取新工作，“只要有足够的保护所征求的保护离开。”
当被问及评论时，TP ICAP的发言人表示，“我们没有评论诉讼事项或保密性质。”
BGC did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Dean Berry and his legal representatives at law firm Doyle Clayton did not immediately respond to a request for comment.