Can a non-competitive covenant (as it is described) be enforceable?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ensign Drilling Inc. v. Lundle, 2007 ABQB 357 (CanLII):
In McAllister v. Cardinal, action was brought for a declaration that a non-competitive covenant (as it was described) given by the defendant to the plaintiff as part of a sale transaction was valid for an injunction restraining its breach.
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