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Selwyn Bloch QC
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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