This briefing note considers the issue in Simpkin of the ability of an employer to have access to private emails sent by an employee on his work email account. In this case it was argued that emails were privileged and the Court had regard to the employment terms and conditions in deciding they were nevertheless disclosable.
This Briefing sets out the propositions to be drawn from the case law over recent years which consider the enforceability of restrictive covenants relating to non-competition, non-dealing, nonsolicitation, non-enticement, area covenants and confidential information.
