Protect your business information and knowledge

It is a broad principle of law that a person who has received information in confidence cannot take unfair advantage of it. That person must not make use of it to the prejudice of the person who gave the information without obtaining his consent.

To be protected by the law of confidential information, information must be:

1. Confidential in nature: having the "necessary quality of confidence".
2. Disclosed in circumstances importing an obligation of confidence.

A confidentiality agreement or non-disclosure agreement is the best way of ensuring that information is disclosed is protected by an obligation of confidence. In addition to avoiding any question of whether the recipient was on notice that the information was not being disclosed in confidence, a contractual obligation is also easier to enforce than a claim under general law.

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