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Cream Holdings Ltd v Banerjee

Hearings

England & Wales

13 Feb 2003 [2003] EWCA Civ 103; [2003] Ch 650; [2003] 3 WLR 999; [2003] 2 All ER 318, CA

14 Oct 2004 [2004] UKHL 44; [2005] 1 AC 253; [2004] 3 WLR 918; [2004] 4 All ER 617, HL(E)

Subject Matter

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION — Breach of confidence — Injunction — Claimants seeking interim injunction to restrain publication of confidential information supplied by former employee — Whether claimants “likely” to establish that publication should not be allowed — Whether interim injunction to be granted — Human Rights Act 1998, s 12(3)

[2003] EWCA Civ 103; [2003] Ch 650; [2003] 3 WLR 999; [2003] 2 All ER 318, CA

[2004] UKHL 44; [2005] 1 AC 253; [2004] 3 WLR 918; [2004] 4 All ER 617, HL(E)

Appellate History

Cream Holdings Ltd v Banerjee [2003] EWCA Civ 103; [2003] Ch 650; [2003] 3 WLR 999; [2003] 2 All ER 318, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed

Cream Holdings Ltd v Banerjee [2004] UKHL 44; [2005] 1 AC 253; [2004] 3 WLR 918; [2004] 4 All ER 617, HL(E)

Commentary

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Exceptional Cases - Right to freedom of expression 37.38

Protection from Harassment Act 1997 - Course of conduct 88.22

Behaviour Control and Human Rights - Impact of Convention rights 88.30

Main Provisions of the Human Rights Act 1998 - Proceedings affecting the right to freedom of expression 91.11

Privacy, Freedom of Expression and Injunctions - Interim injunctions 91.57

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