04/09/2026
Employers: that training agreement you’ve been relying on might not be worth what you think it is… 👀
In Geeks Ltd v Watts, an employee faced a training debt of more than £8,000 if he left.
The Court of Appeal found the arrangement amounted to an unenforceable restraint of trade.
Does this mean you can’t recover genuine training costs? No.
Does it mean your agreement needs to be properly drafted, proportionate and based on costs that can actually be justified? Absolutely.
If you use training repayment agreements, now might be a good time to dig them out. 👀