Short answer
Garden leave enquiries should identify the employment contract, notice period, garden leave clause, pay and benefits position, handover instructions, access restrictions, proposed new role and any post-termination covenant issue. Legal4U cannot decide whether a restriction is enforceable.
Quick checklist
Start with these
Collect Contract, Notice And Pay Records
Save the contract, handbook, bonus or commission terms, notice letter, resignation or dismissal email, garden leave instruction, payslips, benefits records and any agreement about holiday, expenses or company property.
- contract
- notice letter
- garden leave instruction
- payslip
- benefits record
Prepare Handover And Restriction Evidence
Organise handover instructions, systems access changes, client contact directions, confidentiality reminders, restrictive covenant wording, new-employer documents where relevant and correspondence about working, availability or non-contact requirements.
- handover instruction
- access change
- client direction
- covenant wording
- availability record
Flag Injunction, Settlement And Deadline Issues
Tell Legal4U whether an injunction threat, disciplinary process, settlement agreement, unpaid wages, bonus dispute, reference issue or tribunal time limit is involved. An employment specialist must review enforceability, pay and remedy questions.
- injunction threat
- settlement agreement
- unpaid wages
- bonus dispute
- tribunal timing
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- Author
- Legal4U Editorial Team
- Professional review status
- Pending. Employment-law solicitor, barrister or regulated workplace-rights specialist review required before publication as legal guidance.
- Jurisdiction
- England and Wales
- Date published
- 1 September 2026
- Regulatory status
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- Sources
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- When an employee does not have to work notice Acas. Checked 8 September 2026.
- How to use the Acas settlement agreement template Acas. Checked 8 September 2026.
- Employment contracts GOV.UK. Checked 8 September 2026.
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