James began working with Commercial Law Publishers Ltd$.($CLP$),$ an academic publishing company with offices throughout North America, in $2016$ as a regional sales rep. By $2021,$ he had worked himself into a management position. All this time, however, he did not have a

written contract of employment. Then, one day in March, $2022,$ his employer presented him with a written contract and asked that he read it over, get legal advice if he wished, and returned a signed copy within $10$ days. James perused the contract briefly that evening and returned signed copy to his boss the next day. The contract, in fact, included a non$-$competition clause which James had failed to notice, and which if enforceable would have prevented James from working for any competitor anywhere in North America for a period of five years, should he leave the company for any reason. consideration for the aggrement was james employment status with clp and the payment of salary during such employment. a week later he was contacted by one such competitor and presented with an offer of employement much better in allrespects from his current position. james ccepted the offer and gave notice to clp$.$ clp informed james that a lega action would be commenced against him for breach of contract,and clp would be asking the judge for a court order preventing james from working in his new position. what is the likely outcome of clp$\text{'}$s legal action against james?