The Weekly Law Reports
[2007] 2 WLR 920
House of Lords
OBG Ltd and another v Allan and others
Douglas and others v Hello! Ltd and others (No 3)
Mainstream Properties Ltd
v
Young
[2007] UKHL 21
2006 Nov 13,
14,
15,
16,
20,
21,
22,
23,
27,
28;
2007 May 2
2007 May 2
Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, Lord Hoffmann, Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, Baroness Hale of Richmond and Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood
Confidential information
— Breach of confidence
— Damages
— Celebrity couple granting magazine exclusive rights to publish selected photographs of wedding
— Photography forbidden at wedding except by couple's official photographer
— Publication by rival magazine of photographs taken surreptitiously
— Whether authorised publisher having cause of action against rival publisher for economic torts of unlawful interference with business or conspiracy to injure
Tort
— Cause of action
— Inducing breach of contract
— Claimant's employees acting in breach of employment contract by carrying out property development scheme for their own benefit
— Scheme financed by defendant after being assured by employees that scheme not in conflict with employees' duties to claimant
— Whether defendant liable to claimant for inducing breach of contract
Tort
— Cause of action
— Procuring breach of contract
— Invalidly appointed receivers assuming control of company's contracts
— Whether wrongful interference with contractual relations
— Whether conversion of company's contracts