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breach of confidenceunlawful means conspiracytrade secrets
Salt Ship Design AS v Prysmian Powerlink SRL
[2021] EWHC 2633 (Comm)
Key Principle
A party that receives commercially confidential design know-how under contractual and equitable duties of confidence breaches those duties, and may be liable in unlawful means conspiracy, where it makes the confidential material available to a rival to obtain an unfair springboard advantage.
Area of Law
General
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