Live and let live.(restraint of trade clauses and new medical practices)

Australian Doctor,  May, 2006  by McMaster, Terry

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DOLLAR NOTES by Terry McMaster

MOST GPs will encounter a restraint of trade clause at least once in their professional lives, through employment, partnership, or sale of practice agreements.

The clause typically aims to stop a GP from practising medicine within a set zone or for a set time, usually after the GP leaves or sells a practice.

A recent NSW court case considered a restraint of trade clause and found a clause to prevent a GP from practising medicine within 8km of her old practice for five years was unreasonable and not enforceable.

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