Breach of Confidentiality Solicitors
Confidentiality and secrecy can be vital to the success and growth of a business, and it needs protecting. It is critical that all those interacting with your organisation, together with your employees and consultants, are contractually bound to treat all appropriate information confidentially.
The law acts to provide protection for truly confidential information and it is a well established principle that a person who has received information in confidence cannot take unfair advantage of it and cannot disclose that information or make use of it for any purpose other than that for which he has authority. It will not always be clear if information is in fact confidential as considered by law, but the general rule is that to be protected the information must be confidential in nature and be disclosed in circumstances importing an obligation of confidence.
The types of information that a court may well deem to be confidential include financial and statistical information; customer lists; plans, sketches and drawings; business plans and methods; computer programs and improvements to products or processes.
Protection of confidential information
We are experts in assisting businesses to protect their confidential information and know-how. Whether in contractual agreements with third parties or in employees’ contracts of employment, clarifying the nature and extent of confidential information and how it is to be used and treated is critical. We have a wealth of experience in drafting agreements and contracts of employment that will protect our clients’ position.
Breach of confidentiality
If confidential information is under threat, we are specialist in obtaining emergency relief from the courts. We can move very quickly to obtain injunctions from the court that will protect our clients’ confidential information. We are often instructed to secure the return of confidential information from a former employee, consultant or director who has set up or joined a competing business. Our objective is to secure quick, commercial resolutions for clients, which send clear deterrent messages to the marketplace and to other potential infringers.
Intellectual property solicitors
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