Critically discuss this statement and in particular consider whether the respective bargaining power of the employer and employee should be relevant to the question of severance of restraint of trade covenants in employment contracts.
1. “High-ranking employees can do particular damage to the legitimate interests of their employers following termination of their employment; and it may be that, when they enter into their post- employment covenants, they are able to negotiate with their employers on nearly an equal footing…. It is clearly common practice for an employer to present […]