Injunctions: Enforcing confidentiality obligations in the #MeToo era

Charles Wynn-Evans reviews recent litigation highlighting some of the legal issues at play when employers seek to enforce confidentiality obligations in a settlement agreement or an employment contract ‘The question is whether, in all the circumstances, it is in the public interest to breach the duty of confidence.’ While the debate about whether to prohibit …
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Cases Referenced

  • ABC & ors v Telegraph Media Group Ltd [2018] EWHC 2177 (QB); [2018] EWCA Civ 2329
  • Arcadia Group Ltd & ors v Telegraph Media Group Ltd [2019] EWHC 96 (QB); [2019] EWHC 223 (QB)
  • Associated Newspapers Ltd v HRH the Prince of Wales [2006] EWCA Civ 1776
  • Linklaters LLP & anor v Mellish [2019] EWHC 177 (QB)