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Chambers of Andrew Clarke QC and Clive Freedman QC

3 KING'S BENCH WALK NORTH, TEMPLE, LONDON, EC4Y 7HR, ENGLAND
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Work 020 7797 8600
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Fax 020 7797 8699
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1047 LONDON CHANCERY LANE WC2
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Selwyn Bloch QC

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Littleton Chambers (Chambers of Andrew Clarke QC and Clive Freedman QC)

Position

Barrister specialising in employment law, business law, restraint of trade, injunctions, wrongful and unfair dismissal, discrimination and confidential information. Recent cases include: Tullett Prebon v BGC [2009/10] (nine-week trial involving garden leave, restrictive covenants, springboard immigrations and fiduciary duties); Farrow v Ballymore Properties [2009] (bonus claims in property development sector); SG & R Valuation Service v Boudrais [2008] IRLR 770 (garden leave injunction where no garden leave clause); Paul Wurth v Siemens (springboard injunctions to stop team moves) Court of Appeal [2008]; Duarte v Black & Decker [2007] EWCH 2720 (restrictive covenants subject to foreign law); Thomas v Farr [2007] ICR 932, [2007] IRLR 419 (CA) (directors’ non-competition covenants); Total Oil v White Nile [2007] (CA) (pre-action disclosure in commercial dispute); Benfield v Aon (team moves); UIB v Marsh; Willis v Marsh and other significant alleged team moves and confidential information cases, including (in 2009) team moves/garden leave cases in the financial services, recruitment and agronomy sectors; Beloff v Ali and Ofsted (UKEAT/0238/07 2008) (redundancy and TUPE consultation re employees in Crown employment).

Career

Qualified 1982; publications: co-author ‘Employment Covenants and Confidential Information’, Butterworths (2009) 3rd ed.

Practice Areas

Employment; Litigation - commercial; Mediation

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