The Weekly Law Reports
[2021] 3 WLR 598
Supreme Court
Harcus Sinclair LLP and another v Your Lawyers Ltd (Parker, third party)
[2021] UKSC 32
2021 March 24, 25; July 23
Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Briggs, Lady Arden, Lord Hamblen, Lord Burrows JJSC
Restraint of trade— Contract— Non-compete undertaking— Solicitors undertaking to other solicitors not to accept instructions from claimants in group litigation— Whether unreasonable restraint of trade
Solicitor— Officer of court— Court’s supervisory jurisdiction— Solicitors trading as limited liability partnership undertaking to other solicitors not to accept instructions from claimants in group litigation— Whether undertaking given in capacity of solicitor— Whether subject to court’s inherent supervisory jurisdiction over solicitors—
Solicitors Act 1974 (c 47), s 50(2)