The High Court has recently considered when, and for how long, injunctive relief should be granted as a remedy for breach of confidence: Kerry Ingredients (UK) Limited v Bakkavor Group Limited and others [2016] EWHC 2448 (Ch). Here the confidential information related to the method of production of the claimant's edible infused oils. The decision … Read more
The Court of Appeal has held that a defrauded purchaser's damages should not be reduced on the basis that, as matters transpired, the purchaser was not as badly off as a result of the fraud as might have been expected as at the transaction date: OMV Petrom SA v Glencore International AG [2016] EWCA Civ … Read more
The Supreme Court has held unanimously that, where a party seeks to set aside a settlement agreement on the grounds that it was induced to enter into it by its opponent’s fraudulent misrepresentations, it will not necessarily be a bar to the claim that the party did not fully believe the representations: Hayward v Zurich … Read more
The Supreme Court has today allowed an appeal by a celebrity (PJS) seeking an injunction preventing publication of details of his private life, by a majority of four to one: PJS v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2016] UKSC 26. In its decision, the Supreme Court has sought to balance what it considers a robust prima … Read more
