When considering whether an accountancy firm could be permitted to conduct an investigation on behalf of solicitors acting in a matter acting against a client for whom it still held confidential information, the court could find a balance between rights of confidence and professional and ethical duties and legal duties.
Judges:
Lord Woolf MR, Otton, Walker LJJ
Citations:
Gazette 04-Nov-1998, Times 22-Oct-1998, Gazette 28-Oct-1998, [1998] EWCA Civ 1563
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Appeal from – Bolkiah v KPMG (A Firm) ChD 25-Sep-1998
A company who had custody of confidential information and who sought to act for another client from whom the confidential information had to be protected, had to have its claim to be able to protect that confidentiality examined skeptically by the . .
Cited – G D Searle and Co Ltd v Celltech Ltd CA 1982
The court was asked as to an employee’s covenant now said to be in restraint of trade.
Held: In disputes between employers and ex-employees courts will usually seek to protect the rights of employees to advance their chosen trade and . .
Cited by:
Appeal from – Prince Jefri Bolkiah v KPMG (A Firm) HL 16-Dec-1998
Conflicts of Duty with former Client
The House was asked as to the duties of the respondent accountants (KPMG). KPMG had information confidential to a former client, the appellant, which might be relevant to instructions which they then accepted from the Brunei Investment Agency, of . .
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Intellectual Property, Information
Updated: 25 November 2022; Ref: scu.78469