Where a consultancy agreement names an individual 'in particular' alongside a corporate entity, and the body of the agreement imposes personal obligations on the individual, the individual will be held to be personally bound notwithstanding that the corporate entity's name appears above the individual's signature. The 12-month restraint of trade period was upheld as reasonable in the context of a sale of a corporate advisory business where the vendor remained involved as a consultant. The doctrinal basis for the General Billposting principle — that restraint of trade obligations do not survive acceptance of an employer's repudiation — remains uncertain and was left open.
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