Lion Laboratories Ltd v Evans

Subject Matter

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION — Breach of confidence — Public interest — Internal memoranda relating to functioning of electronic breathalyser — Memoranda taken without authority by employees and offered to newspaper — Injunction restraining disclosure of confidential information and infringement of copyright — Whether public interest in publication outweighing confidentiality

[1985] QB 526; [1984] 3 WLR 539