Kitechnology BV v Unicor GmbH Plastmaschinen

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date1994
Date1994
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
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12 cases
  • Google Inc. v Judith Vidal-Hall and Others The Information Commissioner (Intervener)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • March 27, 2015
    ...in respect of those claims, were set aside. More specifically: (i) The judge decided he was bound by the decision in Kitechnology BV v Unicor GmbH Plastmachinen [1995] FSR 765 to hold that breach of confidence was not a tort, but he held that misuse of private information was a tort for th......
  • Flogas Britain Ltd v Calor Gas Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • October 16, 2013
    ...none of the existing commentaries deal entirely satisfactorily with it." 37 While breach of confidence is not a tort (see Kitechnology BV v Unicor GmbH Plastmaschinen [1995] FSR 766 at 777–778 as cited in Force India at [388]), monetary relief can and should be awarded to a claimant who has......
  • Innovia Films Ltd v Frito-Lay North America, Inc.
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division (Patents Court)
    • March 30, 2012
    ...be determined in accordance with section 11 of the Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995. In Kitechnology BV v Unicor GmbH Plastmachinen [1995] FSR 766 at 777–778, however, the Court of Appeal held that claims for breach of an equitable obligation of confidence did n......
  • Beecham Group Plc and Another v Norton Healthcare Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • October 1, 1996
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