“Pacta sunt servanda” – sed quousque?

“Pacta sunt servanda” – sed quousque?
Christopher Heath

ISBN 978-90-411-8379-8
Kluwer Law International BV, The Netherlands

This chapter addressed the question as to what, if any, should be the limits to contractually agreed non-competition agreements in the context of employment. There are a number of different terms for the obligation of a former employee not to compete with his former employer after termination of the employment contract. The irst English decisions refer to this obligation as a “restraint of trade” (see below D.). Nowadays, it is more common to call these obligations post-contractual obligations not to compete, non-compete covenants, covenants not to compete or, as used in this article, restrictive covenants