Written by Daniel Crate | April 21, 2022
The Easter Bunny pulled off his annual stunt again on Sunday. Not bad given the global supply chain issues.
However, what may seem like a logistical miracle of designing, making, packaging and distributing millions of decorative eggs globally within a short window, is in fact, wrapped up in lots of confidential information. It also comes with its own stresses.
Some years ago, after getting burnt by a rogue helper, the Easter Bunny sought legal advice about how to protect his confidential information to ensure others couldn’t steal his trade secrets. This ranged from:-
So, what is breach of confidence?
In broad terms for a breach of confidence claim to succeed the following 3 elements need to be established:-
How Briffa can help you
We provide our clients with strategies to implement in order to mitigate the risk of confidential information being passed to unintended parties and competitors in the first place.
With the above in place, when things do go wrong, it helps our clients maximise the likelihood of successfully bringing a breach of confidence claim. Likewise, we can help businesses and individuals defend breach of confidence claims.
If you would like help about confidential information, please feel free to contact one of our expert lawyers.
Written by Dan Crate – Solicitor
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