{"id":604965,"date":"2026-05-26T15:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/604965\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T15:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:25:09","slug":"reforming-non-compete-causes-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/604965\/","title":{"rendered":"Reforming non-compete causes in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mishcon.com\/people\/jennifer-millins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jennifer Millins<\/a>, Partner in the Employment team at Mishcon de Reya, has been quoted in a recent WealthBriefing article exploring the UK Government\u2019s renewed focus on reforming non-compete clauses and the potential implications for businesses and employees.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In her contribution, Jennifer highlights that while there may be a case for targeted reform, there is little appetite among professionals for sweeping legislative change. She notes that\u00a0\u201cneither employment lawyers nor their clients\u2026 are calling for a ban on non-competes,\u201d\u00a0cautioning that comparisons with\u00a0jurisdictions\u00a0such as California can be misleading given the distinctive legal and commercial ecosystem there.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer also emphasises the importance of the current common law framework, which she describes as striking a\u00a0\u201ccareful and workable balance\u201d\u00a0between protecting employers\u2019 legitimate business interests and preserving employee mobility.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wealthbriefing.com\/html\/article.php\/analysis%3A-to-reform-or-leave-alone--non_dash_compete-clauses-in-the-uk-\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; Jennifer Millins, Partner in the Employment team at Mishcon de Reya, has been quoted in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-604965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}