Sentences with phrase «in breach of confidence»

He has particular experience in breach of confidence and privacy claims involving the common law tort of misuse of private information and / or the European Convention on Human Rights, both as standalone claims and where an information law issue arises as part of a wider dispute.

Thus, the action in breach of confidence, which was for centuries understood exclusively as a species of equitable wrongdoing, has been acknowledged, at least in cases that involve a breach of privacy as opposed to the divulgement of secret information, as a «tort» (see, eg, Douglas v Hello!

In extreme cases, the employee may engage in a breach of confidence, sabotage, or theft of trade secrets by the employee.

The claimants contended that Dr Cave's communications with the public and with their employees were defamatory, and in breach of confidence, and that they were thereby entitled to stop him, before any trial, by relying on the statutory tort of harassment.

Recent case law demonstrates that the critical question for the court in breach of confidence cases is to analyse how Arts 8 and 10 apply to the facts of a particular case.

And as Butterworth tweeted to his followers: «If u get excited by unreviewed results leaked in breach of confidence you'll have a distracting few months.»

Not exact matches

From Enron, in the past, to Volkswagen, more recently, there's this regular lineup of breaches of trust and confidence.

Since the leak, huge holes in the business have become apparentm, and the confidentiality and confidence of its (understandably secretive) users has been breached.

Illegal insider trading is, roughly, trading on material nonpublic information that is disclosed to you «in breach of a fiduciary duty or other relationship of trust and confidence.»

Illegal insider trading generally refers to insider buying or selling a security, in breach of a fiduciary duty or other relationship of trust and confidence, while in possession of material, nonpublic information about the security.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

When the story was made public in November, the school postponed the pre-scheduled disciplinary hearing, and initiated further investigations against Sutcliffe, alleging breach of confidence and bringing the school into disrepute.

Labour's Commons motion on whether Jeremy Hunt should be investigated for breaching the Ministerial Code in his handling of the BSkyB bid has been rejected - the Government won the vote of confidence in Hunt by 290 to 252.

«I firmly believe that I have not breached the MPs» code of conduct in any respect and therefore await the outcome of the commissioner's investigation with confidence,» he said.

If (s) he can not form a government that commands the confidence of the House then it is expected that (s) he will resign that commission voluntarily — it is not considered acceptable for the Sovereign (or her representative) to revoke said commission unless the prime minister was acting in serious breach of constitutional protocol.

But now Judge Denise Cote is alleging those complaints were part of a campaign to undermine public confidence in the deal and it constituted a breach of the agreement.

As indicated earlier, the threats are real and a number of very high profile data breaches have caused dramatic drops not only in stock value but also in the confidence that clients and the public in general have in very well known business organizations.

Illegal insider trading refers generally to buying or selling a security, in breach of a fiduciary duty or other relationship of trust and confidence, while in possession of material, nonpublic information about the security.

The SEC defines illegal insider trading as: -LSB-...] buying or selling a security, in breach of a fiduciary duty or other relationship of trust and confidence, while in possession of material,...

x) information or material which you have submitted to TravelGround.com which is in violation of any law or in breach of any third party's rights (including, but not limited to, defamation, invasion of privacy, breach of confidence or infringement of copyright or any other intellectual property rights).

In the breach, a widely accepted, but «uncomfortable» paradigm has developed, among both scientists and policy makers, to tentatively rely on the collective intuitions and confidence of those «expert peers» who are judged to be most familiar with the data sets and with the relevance of that data to related physical models.

She was later sent a letter from the club management reading: «Your actions can be considered to be theft in circumstances where you do not have permission to take Club food from the premises, and therefore a breach of your contract of employment... The gravity of your misconduct is such that the club believes the trust and confidence placed in you as its employee has been completely undermined...»

It is increasingly common (as happened in this case) for breach of the implied term of trust and confidence to be alleged by an employee in constructive dismissal cases (as such a term is fundamental and goes to the root of the contract).

As we have seen from the media attention it has garnered in recent months, data breaches in the computer systems of a number of high profile companies and government agencies has resulted in financial losses, a lack of public trust and confidence and damage to their brands.

In employment law the employer must not breach its duty of «trust and confidence» and in pensions law the employer has a «duty of good faith» not to destroy or seriously damage the relationship of trust and confidencIn employment law the employer must not breach its duty of «trust and confidence» and in pensions law the employer has a «duty of good faith» not to destroy or seriously damage the relationship of trust and confidencin pensions law the employer has a «duty of good faith» not to destroy or seriously damage the relationship of trust and confidence.

The respondent brought an action in Ontario against Dr. Lu, three Chinese corporations and a British Virgin Island corporation (hereafter the «appellants») for breach of confidence, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, conspiracy, unjust enrichment and / or unlawful interference with economic interests after discovering clones being sold in the global market.

The High Court decided IBM's pension rearrangements were invalid and in breach of the duties of trust and confidence and the duty of good faith: IBM had led its employees to expect there would not be further pension changes and could not go back on this unless it could show it was «necessary» to do so.

To protect the integrity and repute of the administration of justice, disqualification may be needed to send a message that the courts do not condone the disloyal conduct involved in the law firm's breach, thereby protecting public confidence in lawyers and deterring other law firms from similar practices.

Advising in relation to claims of breach of confidence concerning land purchase and development opportunities for a nationwide supermarket chain.

Sole arbitrator in an LCIA arbitration in respect of an alleged breach of commercial confidence.

The teams presented arguments about the implication of terms in contracts and the availability of an account of profits as a remedy for breach of confidence before a distinguished judging panel comprising of Justice Vinodh Coomaraswamy, Mr. Gourab Banerji SA and Mr. Roderick Cordara QC.

Such arguments might be based on the implied duty of trust and confidence, with the employees arguing that proceeding with disciplinary action in the particular circumstances would breach the duty.

Claims for threatened breaches of confidence and fiduciary duty by a senior employee and an injunction to restrain a conflict of interest in a US$ 15 million contract.

Miller goes on to add some other activities which, in his view, constitute criminal contempt: obstructing persons officially connected with the court or its process, interference with persons under the special protective jurisdiction of the court, breach of duty by persons officially connected with the court or its process, forging, altering or abusing the process of the court, divulging the confidences of the jury room, preventing access by the public to courts of law, service of process in the precinct of the court, and disclosing the identity of witnesses.

The Court of Appeal in the present case found that it should be decided as a civil claim for damages for breach of confidence (para. 32).

Holman J came to that conclusion notwithstanding that, in Eisai, counsel for NICE had conceded (Eisai, [59]-RRB- that, in any action against it for breach of confidence in respect of such a disclosure, a public interest defence would be available to it if fairness required that the information be disclosed.

His lordship further held that exemplary damages should be disallowed in the context of a claim founded on privacy and / or breach of confidence.

Hanna is a well - known specialist in defamation, privacy and breach of confidence, with a wealth of expertise in reputation and crisis management.

She has extensive expertise in team move cases and claims of breach of confidence and breach of contract.

Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development v Al - Refai & others: Acting for one of the Defendants to claim for breach of confidence / conspiracy worth in excess of $ 500m.

I specialise in reputation management claims (including defamation, harassment and privacy claims) and intellectual property disputes (including trade mark, copyright and design right infringement claims, breach of confidence claims and domain name disputes).

In the case of Agoreyo v London Borough of Lambeth [2017] EWHC 2019 (QB), the High Court held that the suspension of a teacher amounted to a breach of the implied term of mutual trust and confidence.

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«Data breaches affect consumer confidence in the new economy,» said John Lawford, PIAC legal counsel and co-author of the report.

In finding this conduct to be tortious the court concluded that the torts of Breach of Confidence, Intentional Infliction of Mental Distress and Invasion of Privacy were all made out by such behavior.

[In our] view, the seriousness of the Charter breach and the impact of the police conduct on Mr. Taylor's interests are such that the admission of the evidence would so impair public confidence in the administration of justice as to warrant the exclusion of the evidencIn our] view, the seriousness of the Charter breach and the impact of the police conduct on Mr. Taylor's interests are such that the admission of the evidence would so impair public confidence in the administration of justice as to warrant the exclusion of the evidencin the administration of justice as to warrant the exclusion of the evidence.

Acting for a group of employees who set up a competing business in claims for injunctive relief, delivery up, springboard relief, breach of confidence and damages.

Acting for one of the largest property development companies in the Middle East and a Bahraini investment bank in a $ 1 billion High Court action involving allegations of conspiracy and breach of confidence

June 24, 2016 The Federal Court of Appeal releases its reasons for judgment allowing the Government of Canada's appeal of the July 27, 2015 certification in part, but upholding the July 27, 2015 certification order in respect of the causes of action for negligence and breach of confidence.

Acting for a claimant in a copyright and breach of confidence action relating to cocoa crop forecast reports.