Practice notes
All employees are under a duty of fidelity to their employer. The duty of fidelity is also known as the duty of good faith, or of loyalty.Fidelity is...
19th Jan
Practice notes
This Practice Note considers what damages may be available as remedy for claims in tort, including negligence claims.For general guidance on damages,...
Produced in partnership with Lina Mattsson of Hardwicke Chambers
18th Jan
Practice notes
This Practice Note looks at the status and use of confidential information in civil proceedings including what confidential information is, how to...
18th Jan
Practice notes
The courts have an array of tools available to them for ensuring that viable claims are not frustrated by unscrupulous defendants who are prepared to...
18th Jan
Practice notes
This Practice Note considers the general principles of recovering damages for contractual breach, starting with the compensatory function of damages...
Produced in partnership with Zainab Hodgson and Kavidha Clare of CMS
18th Jan
Practice notes
IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
Produced in partnership with Ruaraidh Fitzpatrick of Cloisters
18th Jan
Practice notes
In some cases an employer will seek an injunction to protect himself against the activities of a former employee who, before the termination of his...
18th Jan
Practice notes
IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
15th Jan
Practice notes
On 31 January 2020, the UK ceased to be a member of the EU and EEA. This Practice Note introduces:•the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation...
14th Jan
Practice notes
On 31 January 2020, the UK ceased to be a member of the EU and EEA. Given the extensive data flows between the EEA and UK, equivalent EEA data...
14th Jan
Practice notes
On 31 January 2020, the UK ceased to be a member of the EU and EEA. Given the extensive data flows between the EEA and UK, equivalent EEA data...
Produced in partnership with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
14th Jan
Practice notes
On 31 January 2020, the UK ceased to be an EU Member State and entered a Brexit implementation period. This Practice Note introduces the approach to...
14th Jan
Practice notes
On 31 January 2020, the UK ceased to be an EU Member State and entered the Brexit implementation period. This Practice Note provides a high-level...
14th Jan
Practice notes
IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
13th Jan
Practice notes
This Practice Note supplements Practice Note: Trade secrets and confidential information—protection and enforcement, which identifies when legal...
13th Jan
Practice notes
The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018) came into force on 25 May 2018. As first enacted it introduced four distinct data protection regimes into UK...
13th Jan
Practice notes
IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
Produced in partnership with Ben Gallop and Lily Walker-Parr of 5RB
13th Jan
Practice notes
On 31 January 2020, the UK ceased to be a member of the EU and EEA. Given the extensive data flows between the EEA and UK, equivalent EEA data...
13th Jan
Practice notes
The tort of misuse of private information is focused on ‘the protection of human autonomy and dignity—the right to control the dissemination of...
Produced in partnership with Ben Gallop and Lily Walker-Parr of 5RB and Daniel Bishop
13th Jan
Practice notes
IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
Produced in partnership with William Smith of Bird & Bird LLP
13th Jan