Confidential Information in UK Law
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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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FCA publishes inside and confidential information flow review
FCA has published a Thematic Review on its review of inside and confidential information. Its review covered a sample of investment banking firms to assess how they manage the confidential and insi...
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Recent Decision Affirms Significant Protections for Confidential Information in United Kingdom
By Ming Henderson and Razia Begum With the increasing number of disputes and client queries regarding confidential information in the United Kingdom, the recent case of Personnel Hygiene Services L...
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UK Regulator Fines Former Investment Banker for Communicating Confidential Information Via WhatsApp
The Financial Conduct Authority fined former investment banker Christopher Niehaus £37,198 for sharing client confidential information over WhatsApp. Mr. Niehaus was previously a managing director ...
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Unprecedented High Court Decision Orders the Destruction of Confidential Information on the Defendants’ Computers
The High Court in Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited and others v Skriptchenkov and others [2016] EWHC 603, granted 11 February a mandatory injunction ordering the inspection and imaging of ...
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Product derived indirectly from earlier misuse of confidential information – what damages are available?
When considering damages for breach of confidence, there is a distinction between products which embody confidential information and those which merely derive from earlier misuse of information. Th...
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Destruction of confidential information with a "nudge and a wink"
In the ground-breaking case of Arthur J Gallagher Services UK Limited and others v. Skriptchenko [2016] EWHC 603, the High Court has granted a mandatory injunction for interim relief purposes, incl...
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Making UK Employees Aware of the Perils of Pilfering Their Employers' Confidential Information
Employers need to appreciate and address the fact that employees who remove their employers’ confidential information often do not appear to appreciate the risks of being caught or the potentially ...
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