Hot Tip: Are Your Company's Secrets REALLY Secret?

• Authors:
• Simon Jeffreys
• Karen Marshall

The law relating to confidentiality is rapidly developing in view of the introduction into English law of the European Convention on Human Rights. The courts have been quick to point out that the right to confidentiality must be weighed against the competing right to freedom of expression and it is by no means certain that your company’s right to confidentiality will prevail.

An employee is under a duty of confidence irrespective of whether there is an express contractual term. However, the ... (265 more words)

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