Relationship between iniquity and breach of confidence or privacy (Brake and another v Guy and others)

Table of contents

• What was the background?
• What did the court decide?
• Case details

Article summary

Information Law analysis: The High Court has granted an injunction restraining use of information obtained from an email account which had been wrongly accessed by parties to ongoing litigation surrounding the ownership of a cottage and farm. The court also considered whether a potential defence of iniquity would override a claim for breach of confidence or breach of privacy.