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Update on the above.
So, I went to see an employment law solicitor today and it looks like I am ok to go ahead and start building a prototype while still working for my current employer.
It turns out there are quite a few restrictions in my contract but they are all vague and limited to either the time I'm working for them or for the 12 months afterwards. In which time I will not be causing them any harm or loss of earnings.
In short, I think it's unlikely they would bother to take me to court and if they did then it's unlikely a judge would side with them (the courts don't like to stop people earning a living apparently i.e little old me and my startup vs huge multi-national PLC). Worst case scenario, I may have to pay my current employer damages for loss of income but this would only be restricted for the first 12 months of the business in which time it is very unlikely we are going to be taking their clients.
So it's full steam ahead. I have a meeting tomorrow with my business partner to start drafting the prototype!
Thanks again for the advice from those people above, I will keep you all posted on my progress.
So, I went to see an employment law solicitor today and it looks like I am ok to go ahead and start building a prototype while still working for my current employer.
It turns out there are quite a few restrictions in my contract but they are all vague and limited to either the time I'm working for them or for the 12 months afterwards. In which time I will not be causing them any harm or loss of earnings.
In short, I think it's unlikely they would bother to take me to court and if they did then it's unlikely a judge would side with them (the courts don't like to stop people earning a living apparently i.e little old me and my startup vs huge multi-national PLC). Worst case scenario, I may have to pay my current employer damages for loss of income but this would only be restricted for the first 12 months of the business in which time it is very unlikely we are going to be taking their clients.
So it's full steam ahead. I have a meeting tomorrow with my business partner to start drafting the prototype!
Thanks again for the advice from those people above, I will keep you all posted on my progress.