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Freshasia Foods Limited v Jing Lu [2018] EWHC 3644 (Ch)

Employment claim concerning non-compete provision

Employment dispute concerning a non-compete provision and its breadth.  In his interim order Mr Daniel Alexander QC, sitting as a Deputy Judge of the Chancery Division, orders the parties to consider ADR and if either party was to consider that it would be inappropriate to attempt such, that they shall inform the other party of the reasons why that is considered inappropriate.

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