Sticky about Restraint of Trade

[PSK]

There seems to be many threads recently broadly concerning contracts with agents restraining the contractor from going direct to the client or through another agent. The contract specifics hence the advice will differ but some issues and background seem to reappear, including -

Reading the contract and understanding what the contractor has signed up to;
The effect of opting in or out;
Enforceability - scope, duration;
Using a different company to 'hide'/lifting the veil;
The commercial realities over and above the legals; and
If the agency hasn't done what the contract says, does this Clause still have effect?

There's probably a range of other common issues I've missed.

Apologies if this has been covered in another sticky or guide. It might spread too far into general contract law but is there a consensus that a sticky around this might be helpful?

[Hex]

I think it might. But it should go in Business/Contracts not here in Accounting/Legal.

[cojak]

Hi Guys,

We'll move it to FAQs, the list of stickies is beginning to get too long.

[northernladuk]

We dont need stickes for every question that gets asked more than once. We have a wealth of information available under the search function but unfortunately the numpties that ask the same question over and over are incapable of using it.

[Wanderer]

We dont need stickes for every question that gets asked more than once. We have a wealth of information available under the search function but unfortunately the numpties that ask the same question over and over are incapable of using it.

Yeah, the answers are there but lost in noise a bit. Come on Northernlad, you are the master at digging up good posts using the search. How about we find some of the best bits, write up a summary and stick them all in one post and make the forum a better place.

[goldN1]

I have read many of the threads on restrictive covenats. It would be great for people to share some of their real life experiences.