The respondent sought to enforce against the appellant an agreement whereby the latter was prevented from practising as a solicitor within a certain area. Held that the reasonableness of the restriction was the test, and that the fact that the restriction was life long did not render it unreasonable.
Decision of the Court of Appeal (1920, 2 Ch. 159) affirmed.
Lord Chancellor (Birkenhead), Lords Cave, Sumner, Parmoor, and Carson
59 SLR 582, [1921] UKHL 582
Bailii
England and Wales
Contract
Updated: 13 December 2021; Ref: scu.632635