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[2022] WLR(D) 269
Court of Appeal
Credico Marketing Ltd and another v Lambert and another
[2022] EWCA Civ 864
2022 March 15, 16;
June 23
June 23
Underhill, William Davis LJJ, Sir Patrick Elias
Agency— Agency agreement— Restraint of trade— Claimant business providing direct marketing service through independent sales advisors— Claimant contracting with marketing companies who then engaged sales advisors as independent contractors— Defendant owner and director of marketing company set up under trade agreement with claimant— Agreement containing restrictive covenants operating during agreement and post-termination— Claimant contending defendant in breach by encouraging and assisting advisors to conduct door-to-door sales campaigns for client and then for rival to claimant— Whether covenants enforceable— Whether restraint reasonable