August 2014 CPD Questions

The 12 questions this month relate to the following cases and to Mark Shulman's article on enforcing employment contracts:

[Elsevier Ltd v Munro ]()**[2014] EWHC 2648 (QB)
Claimant was seeking an injunction against the Defendant to prevent him from working for a competitor for a period of 12 months in accordance with his contract of employment. Injunction granted.**

[Sunrise Brokers LLP v Rodgers ]()[2014] EWHC 2633 (QB)
The employer was seeking 1) a declaration that the employee was still employed by them; and 2) an order restraining the employee from working elsewhere according to a restrictive covenant in his employment contract. The court ruled that the employee was still employed, and an injunction preventing him from working for a competitor for a certain length of time was made.

[Prophet PLC v Huggett** ]()[2014] EWCA Civ 1013
**Appeal against a ruling that imposed an injunction on the ex-employee restraining him from working with his new employer for a year. Appeal allowed and the injunction was discharged.

[The Equality & Human Rights Commission v Earle**]() UKEAT/0011/14/MC
**Appeal against a finding that the respondent had broken the terms of the contract by not reviewing the claimant's performance and as a result not giving her incremental pay rises. Appeal allowed and the decision was set aside.

[Enforcing employment contracts - Case Round-Up: September 2014]()

For each question answered correctly 10 minutes of CPD is added to your training record so if you answer all 12 that will give you 2 hours.

Barristers: please note that, according to BSB rules, you will have to answer at least 3 questions correctly, equivalent to 30 minutes, for the training to count towards your CPD requirements.

Published: 17/09/2014 17:02

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