UK courts could be different, or you actually might not know the law as much as you think you do, or you might not be informed of job prospects of people who ha

UK courts could be different, or you actually might not know the law as much as you think you do, or you might not be informed of job prospects of people who had access to important business info and no non-compete... Fact is that if what you described had been even 10% true then people wouldn't be able to change jobs in some industries, where non-competes are now employed. Check out Bethesda vs Facebook lawsuit, there were no even damages and yet FB lost and paid cool ~$0.5B, imagine what would be happening when some damages could be suggested?