Backdoor Fees, Restraints & Recruiter Myths — Barry Cullen of recLAW Tells It Like It Is

Nitin speaks with Barry Cullen, Partner and Solicitor at recLAW, about the legal challenges facing recruitment businesses. Barry addresses common misconceptions about fee disputes, effective cause, restrictive covenants and the enforcement of restraints of trade. He explains why recruiters often underestimate legal risk and how poor processes, training and documentation create preventable problems.

The conversation covers practical strategies for protecting fees before disputes arise, real cases where recruiters faced significant fines, and how recLAW supports recruitment businesses with disputes, employment law, corporate deals and M&A. Barry emphasises that prevention through proper contracting and systems is far more cost-effective than reactive firefighting, and challenges myths about the effectiveness of restraints that circulate on LinkedIn.