“…In Egon Zehnder v Tillman the Supreme Court resolved the conflict between the decisions of this court in Goldsoll v Goldman [1915] 1 Ch 292 and Atwood v Lamont [1920] 3 KB 571, which had caused a measure of uncertainty in the law for almost exactly a century. The latter case, in which this court had held that severance of words in a …”
“…hing that a covenant is no more than is reasonable in the interests of the parties is on the person who seeks to rely on it (see in particular Attwood v Lamont [1920] 3 KB 571 (at 587-588 per Younger LJ). If he/she establishes that it is no more than reasonable in the interests of the parties, the onus of proving that it is contrary …”
“…hing that a covenant is no more than is reasonable in the interests of the parties is on the person who seeks to rely on it (see in particular Attwood v Lamont [1920] 3 KB 571 (at 587-588 per Younger LJ). If he/she establishes that it is no more than reasonable in the interests of the parties, the onus of proving that it is contrary …”
“…hing that a covenant is no more than is reasonable in the interests of the parties is on the person who seeks to rely on it (see in particular Attwood v Lamont [1920] 3 KB 571 (at 587-588 per Younger LJ). If he/she establishes that it is no more than reasonable in the interests of the parties, the onus of proving that it is contrary …”