Claims for breach of confidence, misuse of private information and data protection legislation in an unusual context. At a high level, the context may be described as follows. The complaint is of alleged improper threats made by a commercial counterparty (the Defendant) to disclose the content of private conversations between representatives of the other side to negotiations (the Claimants) which were overheard by the Defendant (from another room) in the course of a business acquisition meeting.
Judges:
The Honourable Mr Justice Saini
Citations:
[2022] EWHC 1199 (QB)
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Information, Torts – Other
Updated: 17 July 2022; Ref: scu.679047