Confidentiality Agreement in UK Law

  • Confidentiality Constraints Within Mergers and Acquisitions: Gaining Insights Through a ‘Bubble’ Metaphor*
    • No. 17-4, December 2006
    • British Journal of Management
    Mergers and acquisitions are extremely sensitive, both within and outside the organizations involved. Confidentiality agreements are therefore essential for allowing teams the ‘space’ to develop po...
    ... ... The paper identifies a range of personal impacts on the signatories, as well as various dimensions of information transfer despite the agreement being in place. Through the use of a metaphor, the research suggests that a confidentiality agreement has many similarities with the properties and ... ...
  • From a Lack of Engagement and Mistrust to Partnership? Public Attitudes to the Disclosure of Sex Offender Information
    • No. 15-3, September 2013
    • International Journal of Police Science and Management
    This paper discusses public attitudes to the current limited disclosure of sex offender scheme in the UK. The study focuses on two ‘countries' of the UK (ie, Northern Ireland and Wales) where, up u...
    ... ... This often results in dis- agreement, misunderstanding between the state and society (in both micro and macro ... ...
  • Regulated sector professionals and reporting suspicion of money laundering: is it a disproportionate burden?
    • No. 26-3, April 2023
    • Journal of Money Laundering Control
    • 0000
    Purpose: The purpose of the research paper is to determine the efficiency of all crimes approach, their relationship with a risk-based approach and the consequences on regulated sector professional...
    ... ... any breach may occur fromsharing of intelligence restricted by agreement if reporting to Financial Intelligence Unit(FIU) based on bona fide ... ...
  • Team Management and Development in Montserrat and Anguilla
    • No. 10-1, January 1990
    • Public Administration and Development
    The British constitutional and political traditions of the Crown Colonies of Montserrat and Anguilla have been modified by their unique histories, particularly in a common commitment to team manage...
    ... ... of team manage- ment are reciprocity, disposition for agreement, fairness, honesty, mutual trust and confiden- tiality. However the ... ...
  • ‘Pretaliatory’ Enforcement Action for Chilling Whistleblowing through Corporate Agreements: Lessons from North America
    • No. 46-3, September 2018
    • Federal Law Review
    Studies have shown that potential whistleblowers are reluctant to report misconduct because they fear retaliation. In Australia, fear of retaliation is exacerbated for private-sector employees wher...
    ... ... whistleblowing,  the  breadth  of  confidentiality  undertakings  contained  therein  may  ... agreement" or corporate policy to the contrary.  ... I  INTRODUCTION  A \xC2" ... ...
  • Inter-agency evidence sharing in competition law enforcement
    • No. 19-1, January 2015
    • International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The
    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...
    ... ... article appraises con-siderations and concerns surrounding confidentiality, and looks into ways of their possibleaccommodation. It further identifies ... with foreign counterparts, also withoutany underlying bilateral agreement and on a non-reciprocal basis. This solution shows that apragmatic and ... ...
  • Trust fund: politicians will never win our confidence if the lack of transparency concerning their expenses--and the feeble sanctions against MPs who abuse the system--remain, Danielle Cohen recommends more discipline and rigour in parliamentary affairs.
    • No. 2008, April 2008
    • Financial Management (UK)
    • Cohen, Danielle
    • Ethics
    ... ... Anyone who viewed it was required to sign a confidentiality agreement. When Liberal Democrat MEP Chris Davies refused to sign and ... ...
  • Water Accounting Information and Confidentiality in Australia
    • No. 41-1, March 2013
    • Federal Law Review
    A key objective of Australia's recent national water reforms is to keep water licence and entitlement holders accountable for the amounts of water they extract, trade and use. Water metering and th...
    ... ... their consumptive water use and water market objectives are unfulfilled, contrary to the express provisions of the Intergovernmental Agreement on a National Water Initiativ e ('NWI') ... Th is article argues that statutory and pol icy frameworks for water accounting i n most Australian ... ...
  • Morris-Garner v One Step (Support) Ltd: Limiting the Scope of Gain-Based Damages
    • No. , May 2019
    • Edinburgh Law Review
    • 242-247
    ... ... the breach concerns a restrictive covenant over land, a confidentiality agreement or intellectual property. In such instances, “[t]he defendant ... ...
  • Confidentiality and Liability
    • Contents
    • Advising and Representing Clients at Mediation - 2nd Edition
    • Stephen Walker/David Smith
    • 45-58
    ... ... However, if during that communication Albert admits to a breach of a totally different agreement between him and Bill, then the communication is admissible in respect of the second breach because the without prejudice privilege extends solely to ... ...
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