Breach of confidence
Breach of confidence legal meaning, translation and judicial precedents.
Meaning & Judicial Interpretation: (اردو مفہوم اور قانونی تشریح)
Defendant-employee who learnt of a trade secret in circumstances where he/she reasonably did not appreciate that it was confidential, might nonetheless be liable to respect its confidentiality from the moment he/she was told, or otherwise appreciated, that it was in fact confidential
From such moment on, it could be said that his/her conscience was affected in a way which should be recognised by equity.
Where a person directly misused a claimant's trade secret and did so in the course of his employment by a third party, then the third party could (at least arguably) be liable to the claimant for the breach of confidence, on the basis of vicarious liability.
Recipient of confidential information might be said to be primarily liable in a case of its misuse, but a person who assisted him in the misuse could be liable, in a secondary sense
Such person/secondary offender would normally have to know that the recipient was abusing confidential information
Knowledge of such person/secondary offender would not be limited to his actual knowledge, and it would include "blind-eye knowledge".
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Precedents & Case Laws citing "Breach of confidence"
2014 C L D 473
VESTERGAARD FRANDSEN A/S (now called MVF 3 ApS) and others — Appellants Versus BESTNET EUROPE LIMITED and others — Respondents
Court: Supreme Court of UK*2014 S C M R 381
VESTERGAARD FRANDSEN A/S (now called MVF 3 ApS) and others — Appellants Versus BESTNET EUROPE LIMITED and others — Respondents
Court: Supreme Court of UK*1989 S C M R 479
MUHAMMAD SHAF1 — Petitioner Versus Mst. RAZIA GHAFOOR and 3 others — Respondents
Court: High Court2020 S C M R 737
MW MORRISON SUPERMARKETS PLC — Appellant Versus VARIOUS CLAIMANTS — Respondents
Court: Supreme Court of UK*P L D 1961 (W
Hafiz Syed MOBARAK ALI SHAH‑Appellant Versus Chaudhry MUHAMMAD SADIQ‑Respondent
Court:2019 S C M R 1704
GLENCORE INTERNATIONAL AGand others — Plaintiffs Versus COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIAand others — Defendants
Court: High Court of Australia*1994 S C M R 161
ATTORNEY‑GENERAL‑‑‑Respondent Versus TIMES NEWSPAPERS LTD. arid another‑‑‑Appellants
Court: House of Lords2000 Y L R 1102
MUHAMMAD AHSAN and 5 others‑‑‑Applicants Versus ALTAF HUSSAIN and 7 others‑‑‑Respondents
Court: Karachi2001 Y L R 590
NAEEM ULLAH KHAN — Petitioner Versus ABDUL MUNEEM KARRAK and 3 others — Respondents
Court: Lahore2012 S C M R 1298
JONES — Appellant Versus KANEY — Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of UK*