As part of his practice, Mr. Avraam has represented employers whose employees and former employees have engaged in significant misconduct, including committing
fraud against their employers, as well misappropriating the employers confidential information or otherwise breaching their fiduciary duties.
In particular, courts have imposed fiduciary obligations on employees who have committed
fraud against their employer or where they have assisted a fiduciary in competing unfairly against the employer.
One in four employees committing said
fraud against their employer has been with the company for more than 10 years.
Not exact matches
Our lawyers have been counsel in cases for recovery for innocent victims of investment
fraud, acting for
employers in employment
fraud cases and in cases defending insurers
against fraudulent claims made
against them.
Former Hogan Lovell partner Christopher Grierson has pleaded guilty to
fraud charges
against his former
employers, and is due to be sentenced on 3 May.
But this justification is problematic: while there is clearly a risk the employee might have committed previous breaches of contract, can the
employer fairly be described as having taken the risk the employee will have committed a serious
fraud against them, such that it is reasonable to require the
employer to carry out their side of the bargain?