Her we go again, the question of the restraint of trade, it would appear based upon the details provided that indeed there was a solicitation of the clients, agreed. However, the question that remains, who owns the clients? Answer, the clients own the clients. If a client was to here from the former advisers office that the adviser has left the firm and this is your new adviser, if the client then chooses to search on the MoneySmart Adviser Register, or other public websites where the adviser is and how they can be contacted, tis would not be solicitation.