Confidential Information in UK Law
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Leading Cases
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Attorney General v Guardian Newspapers Ltd and Others (No. 2)
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Michael Douglas (1st Respondent) Catherine Zeta-Jones (2nd Respondent) Nothern & Shell Plc (3rd Respondent) v Hello Ltd (1st Appellant) Hola S.A. (2nd Appellant) Eduardo Sanchez Junco (3rd Appellant)
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Insofar as a photograph does more than convey information and intrudes on privacy by enabling the viewer to focus on intimate personal detail, there will be a fresh intrusion of privacy when each additional viewer sees the photograph and even when one who has seen a previous publication of the photograph, is confronted by a fresh publication of it.
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Campbell v MGN Ltd
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Faccenda Chicken Ltd v Fowler
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First there is information which, because of its trivial character or its easy accessibility from public sources of information, cannot be regarded by reasonable persons or by the law as confidential at all. ' The servant is at liberty to impart it during his service or afterwards to anyone he pleases, even his master's competitor.
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Legislation
- Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) Regulations 2001
- The Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) Regulations 2014
- The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
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Insurance Act 2015
... ... (b) failing that, disclosure which gives the insurer sufficient information to put a prudent insurer on notice that it needs to make further enquiries ... not by virtue of subsection (2) (b) or (3) (b) taken to know confidential information known to an individual if—(a) the individual is, or is an ... ...
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Books & Journal Articles
- Negotiating Damages after One Step: Employment Team Move and Misuse of Confidential Information Cases
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Criminal infiltration of financial institutions: a penetration test case study
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the findings of a security research project commissioned by a financial institution to identify security breaches that could facilitate illicit acce...... ... breaches that could facilitate illicit accessto confidential information.Design/methodology/approach – Using penetration and social engineering ... ...
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Inter-agency evidence sharing in competition law enforcement
While transnational antitrust enforcement is becoming only more common, the access to foreign-based evidence remains a considerable practical challenge. This article appraises considerations and co...... ... evaluates the existing mechanisms allowingfor inter-agency confidential information/evidence sharing in competition law enforcement.The article ... ...
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What is said in European Works Councils stays there. Confidentiality and how to cope with it
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study how employee representatives in European Works Councils (EWCs) treat confidential information and how such strategies might improve the EWC functionin...... ... representatives in European Works Councils(EWCs) treat confidential information and how such strategies might improve the EWC ... ...
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Law Firm Commentaries
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Protection of confidential information in litigation
As a general rule, court proceedings and the related documents are open to the public. There is an important reason for that: justice must not only be done, it must be seen to be done. But what i...
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Infused oils, investment managers and one combining factor: confidential information
Cases involving confidential information have been keeping the High Court busy over the last few months. In this article, we look at two such recent cases: Kerry Ingredients (UK) Ltd v. Bakkavor Gr...
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Tough stance on confidential information: search and destroy ordered
The court ordered, on an interim application, that the claimants’ confidential information be searched for and destroyed on the defendants’ computers. In an area of law where there was previously n...
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Dismissal for Sharing Confidential Information Was Unfair
In Stimpson v Citibank N.A. ET/3200437/15, Mr Stimpson brought claims for unfair and wrongful dismissal after being dismissed without notice by Citibank N.A. (Citi) for an alleged breach of Citi’s ...
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Forms
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Confidential information
Forms relating to adoption, including those to request adoption, placement and parental orders.
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Application for permission to remove a child from the United Kingdom (Section 28 Adoption and Children Act 2002)
Forms relating to adoption, including those to request adoption, placement and parental orders.... ... all or part of the fee, you should contact the court for information ... You may need to pay a fee with your application. You should read ... information confidential. The details of the proposed travel should be set out in a separate ... ...
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Apply to become someone's deputy (make a declaration)
Court of Protection forms including the COP1 application to make decisions on someone's behalf.... ... I will keep the person’s financial and ... personal information confidential (unless ... there is a good reason that requires me to ... ...
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Form N9D
County Court forms including the N1 money claim form.... ... The court cannot trace ... your case without this information ... How to fill in this form ... • Set out your defence in section 1 ... Community legal advice is a free confidential service, ... funded by legal aid. They can help you find the information ... ...
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