Breach of Confidence in the Mining Industry
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Sadler, Pauline
Date
1999Type
Journal Article
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Sadler, Pauline. 1999. Breach of Confidence in the Mining Industry. Legal Issues in Business 1: 27-31.
Source Title
Legal Issues in Business
Faculty
School of Business Law
Curtin Business School
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Abstract
Breach of confidence is a legal action that recognises the economic value of information. It is relevant to the mining industry because it protects confidential information, including all manner of trade secrets. This article explains what is required to bring a successful breach of confidence action, by examining cases such as Saltman Engineering Co Ltd v Campbell Engineering Co Ltd (1948) 65 RPC 203 and Surveys & Mining Ltd v Morrison [1967] VR 37, and describes how it applies to the mining industry.
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