360 Recruitment Limited v Samuel Amos & Anor

Facts

360 Recruitment Limited is a specialist recruitment agency supplying temporary and permanent staff across industries including construction, engineering and manufacturing, with offices in London and Nottingham. Samuel Amos was employed by 360 from 14 July 2021 until 27 March 2026 under a written contract dated 15 July 2021 containing confidentiality obligations, delivery-up obligations and six-month post-termination covenants. Beginning as a Resourcer, he was promoted successively to Principal Recruitment Consultant without his contract being updated, and became in effect 360's waste, aggregates and prefabricated concrete department, generating some £262,000 in gross profit in his final year. From October 2025 he was in discussions with Barker Ross Recruitment Limited, a competitor, and on 13 November 2025 he sent his commission statements to Barker Ross's Regional Director during salary negotiations. 360 had placed him under extensive electronic surveillance from 1 September 2025. He resigned on 27 February 2026 and was placed on garden leave. After correspondence in which undertakings were refused, 360 issued proceedings on 5 May 2026 alleging breach of contract, breach of the duties of good faith and fidelity and confidence against Mr Amos, and procuring breach of contract, breach of confidence and knowing receipt against Barker Ross. An interim injunction was refused on 18 May 2026 on undertakings, and an expedited liability trial followed.