Our firm successfully secured an ex parte springboard injunction on behalf of our client against former employees, restraining them from using confidential information and trade secrets, and from contacting existing clients and associates.

Springboard relief is a form of interim injunction designed to prevent a party, typically a former employee, from gaining an unfair competitive advantage as a result of prior unlawful conduct, such as the misuse of confidential information. Its aim is not to punish the wrongdoing, but to neutralise any head start obtained through it. Cyprus courts have recently recognised springboard injunctions as a distinct category of interim relief, reflecting developments in common law jurisdictions.

Drawing on emerging Cypriot case law and well-established common law principles, our firm successfully secured urgent interim relief, thereby safeguarding our client’s sensitive information and commercial interests.