High Court grants an interlocutory injunction to prevent a former employee from commencing work with a competitor, upholding a non-compete clause in the employee's contract pending a full trial, on the grounds that the plaintiff company had established a serious question to be tried regarding the validity of the non-compete clause; that damages would not be an adequate remedy for the plaintiff if the clause was found to be valid at trial; and that the balance of convenience favored granting the injunction, especially since the plaintiff agreed to continue paying the defendant's salary until the trial's conclusion, which is scheduled to commence in less than three months.
Interlocutory injunction - non-compete clause - employment contract - breach of contract - serious question to be tried - balance of convenience - damages as remedy - confidentiality - legitimate business interest - restraint of trade - status quo - full trial - High Court - global medical device industry - competitive business - senior executive role - proprietary information - customer relationships - geographic scope - temporal limit - horizontal effect - constitutional right to work.