7 Feb 2019
SILICH & ORS v WHITE & ORS [2019] NZHC 103
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 103
- Court
- High Court
The plaintiffs established a prima facie equitable case for breach of confidence as the Lane report and related email were confidential, were not authorized for release to the fourth and fifth defendants, and there was a real risk of disclosure and resulting commercial harm; accordingly a perpetual injunction on the same terms as interim relief was justified against the fourth defendant. The plaintiffs failed to prove the unlawful‑means tort because there was insufficient evidence that the defendants acted deliberately with the intention to cause loss. Because the fifth defendant resides over…