Category: confidentiality

Board minutes of a public/private joint venture confidential and commercially sensitive – Panopticon

Posted October 11th, 2012 in company law, confidentiality, documents, joint ventures, news, public private partnerships, tribunals by sally

“Joint ventures between the public and private sectors are increasingly common. They are often a focus for vigorous political debate over issues such as the costs involved, the savings to the public purse, the profit to the private sector partner, and allegations of conflicts of interest. While those are political arguments on which Tribunals take no view, they do point to the significant public interests that are engaged when considering access to information. So said the Tribunal in David Orr v IC and Avon and Somerset Police Authority (EA/2012/0077), a recent decision notable for grappling with access to information about such a public/private joint venture.”

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Panopticon, 11th October 2012

Source: www.panopticonblog.com

NightJack blogger receives £42,500 payout from Times publisher – The Guardian

Posted October 8th, 2012 in confidentiality, electronic mail, interception, media, news, perverting the course of justice, police by sally

“The Lancashire detective exposed by the Times as the author of the NightJack police blog has received a £42,500 damages payout from the publisher of the newspaper.”

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The Guardian, 8th October 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Royal Mail staff given access to confidential medical details – The Independent

Posted September 10th, 2012 in benefits, confidentiality, documents, news, postal service by tracey

“Confidential medical information from sick and disabled people applying for welfare benefits is opened and sorted by Royal Mail staff on behalf of the Government without the claimant’s knowledge or consent, The Independent can reveal.”

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The Independent, 8th September 2012

Source: www.independent.co.uk

No backtrack on Freedom of Information Act – The Guardian

Posted July 9th, 2012 in confidentiality, evidence, freedom of information, inquiries, news, public interest, select committees by sally

“Pressure from former senior Labour figures, including Tony Blair and Jack Straw, as well as Whitehall mandarins, to ‘turn back the clock’ on freedom of information legislation has been decisively rejected by an all-party group of MPs.”

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The Guardian, 8th July 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Judge bans reporting of divorce finances to save ’embarrassment’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 5th, 2012 in confidentiality, divorce, financial provision, human rights, news, public interest by sally

“A judge has banned publication of details of a divorce case on human rights grounds after the father of the husband claimed it risked causing him embarrassment and ruining his career.”

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Daily Telegraph, 5th July 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

No ‘real risk’ in patent expert sharing confidential information about former employer’s drug product, Court of Appeal rules – OUT-LAW.com

Posted June 7th, 2012 in appeals, confidentiality, injunctions, news, patent attorneys by sally

“A company cannot obtain an injunction banning a patent expert it used to employ from offering advice to her current employer on a legal dispute involving both firms, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 7th June 2012

Source: www.out-law.com

Confidential Information – What’s the Latest? – 11 KBW

Posted June 7th, 2012 in confidentiality, employment, news by sally

“Issues of confidence and confidential information are rarely out of the news. Whether the context is the privacy of celebrities, the disclosure of commercial confidences (in exciting arenas such as formula one racing) or attempts by employees to make use of their former employer’s trade secrets, issues of confidence interest the general public. Similarly, issues of confidence are rarely out of the courts. In the past year, there have been a large number of cases which have considered alleged breaches of duties of confidence. This talk is intended to discuss how some of these cases have developed or explained the law in relation to confidential information focussing on:
(a) the scope of duties of confidence;
(b) procedural issues in claims for breach of confidence;
(c) the application of the principles in confidence claims, to the inadvertent disclosure of
privileged material.”

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11 KBW, 1st June 2012

Source: www.11kbw.com

Generics (UK) Ltd v Yeda Research & Development Co Ltd and another – WLR Daily

Posted June 7th, 2012 in appeals, confidentiality, employment, injunctions, law reports, patent attorneys by sally

Generics (UK) Ltd v Yeda Research & Development Co Ltd and another [2012] EWCA Civ 726; [2012] WLR (D) 169

“The principles established in Prince Jefri Bolkiah v KPMG (A firm) [1999] 2 AC 222 were not applicable to a case in which the former employer of a patent attorney now employed within a competitor organisation sought injunctive relief to restrain the current employer from acting by, or otherwise seeking assistance or advice from, the patent attorney in relation to current litigation.”

WLR Daily, 31st May 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Generics (UK) Ltd v Yeda Research & Development Co Ltd and another – WLR Daily

Posted June 6th, 2012 in confidentiality, employment, injunctions, intellectual property, law reports, patent attorneys by sally

Generics (UK) Ltd v Yeda Research & Development Co Ltd and another [2012] EWCA Civ 726; [2012] WLR (D) 169

“The principles established in Prince Jefri Bolkiah v KPMG (A firm) [1999] 2 AC 222 were not applicable to a case in which the former employer of a patent attorney now employed within a competitor organisation sought injunctive relief to restrain the current employer from acting by, or otherwise seeking assistance or advice from, the patent attorney in relation to current litigation.”

WLR Daily, 31st May 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Emails detailing phone call conversations can hold confidential information that public bodies should not disclose – OUT-LAW.com

Posted May 23rd, 2012 in confidentiality, freedom of information, internet, news, telecommunications, third parties, tribunals by sally

“A local authority in London was ‘justified’ in not disclosing an email that recorded the ‘substance’ of a telephone conversation between a staff member and a third party because it would have been a breach of confidence to do so, an Information Rights Tribunal has ruled.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 22nd May 2012

Source: www.out-law.com

Supreme Court judge on war, intelligence and the retreat of judicial deference – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted May 21st, 2012 in confidentiality, human rights, intelligence services, judges, judicial review, judiciary, jurisdiction, news, war by sally

“The recent standoff between two leading judicial lights, Jonathan Sumption and Stephen Sedley, may make for entertaining reading, but don’t be fooled.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 20th May 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

NightJack blogger files claim against the Times over email hacking – The Guardian

Posted April 13th, 2012 in confidentiality, electronic mail, internet, media, misuse of private information, news by tracey

“Detective seeks aggravated damages from paper for breach of confidence, misuse of private information and deceit.”

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The Guardian, 13th April 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Credit Suisse salesman fined £210,000 by FSA – The Guardian

Posted March 14th, 2012 in banking, confidentiality, financial regulation, fines, news by sally

“A senior salesman at Credit Suisse has been fined £210,000 by the Financial Services Authority for playing a guessing game with clients to enable them to identify private information about a forthcoming bond issue.”

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The Guardian, 13th March 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

W (Algeria) and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily

Posted March 12th, 2012 in appeals, confidentiality, disclosure, immigration, law reports, news, witnesses by sally

W (Algeria) and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 8; [2012] WLR (D) 69

“The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (‘SIAC’) could make an irrevocable non-disclosure order, without notice to the Secretary of State, where a witness, fearing reprisals, required an absolute and irreversible guarantee of confidentiality as a precondition to giving evidence relating to an appellant’s safety on return.”

WLR Daily, 7th March 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Private detectives given jail terms for ‘blagging’ – BBC News

Posted February 27th, 2012 in confidentiality, fraud, interception, news, privacy, sentencing by tracey

“Four private detectives have been given jail terms for conspiring to defraud people by ‘blagging’ personal information via persuasive phone calls.”

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BBC News, 27th February 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Flachglas Torgau GmbH v Federal Republic of Germany – WLR Daily

Posted February 27th, 2012 in confidentiality, EC law, environmental protection, freedom of information, law reports, legislative drafting by tracey

Flachglas Torgau GmbH v Federal Republic of Germany: (Case C-204/09);  [2012] WLR (D)  45

“The option given to member states pursuant to the first sentence of the second sub-paragraph of article 2(2) of Parliament and Council Directive 2003/4/EC of not regarding ‘bodies or institutions acting in a … legislative capacity’ as ‘public authorities’ responsible for guaranteeing access to environmental information, could be applied to ministries to the extent that they participated in the legislative process, in particular by tabling draft laws or giving opinions.”

WLR Daily, 14th February 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Channel 4’s Dispatches wins high court battle to screen Viagogo investigation – The Guardian

Posted February 24th, 2012 in confidentiality, injunctions, media, news by tracey

“Channel 4’s Dispatches has won a legal battle with the ticketing giant Viagogo over an undercover investigation into alleged ‘hidden practices’ at the online retailer.”

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The Guardian, 23rd February 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Caterpillar Logistics Service (UK) Ltd v de Crean – WLR Daily

Posted February 23rd, 2012 in appeals, confidentiality, employment, injunctions, law reports by sally

Caterpillar Logistics Service (UK) Ltd v de Crean [2012] EWCA Civ 156; [2012] WLR (D) 40

“The court had power under section 37 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 to grant barring-out relief, but if it could ever be granted to an employer against an employee it could only be in the most exceptional circumstances.”

WLR Daily, 21st February 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Times contempt challenge thrown out in Strasbourg – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted February 8th, 2012 in admissibility, confidentiality, contempt of court, freedom of expression, human rights, media, news by sally

“The European Court of Human Rights has rejected as ‘inadmissible’ Times Newspaper’s challenge to its 2009 conviction for contempt of court. The decision, which was made by six judges, is a good example of an early stage ‘strike-out’ by the Court which is nonetheless a substantial, reasoned decision (see our posts on the ‘UK loses 3 out of 4 cases at the court’ controversy).”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 8th February 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Bar Council – Private Legal Advice Must be Protected – The Bar Council

Posted February 3rd, 2012 in barristers, confidentiality, investigatory powers, news, police, privilege by sally

“Following a report published today by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) on the use of undercover police officers, the Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has urged the Government to protect the fundamental right of citizens to hold private conversations with their lawyers.”

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The Bar Council, 2nd February 2012

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk