The curious case of horseracing data caught in a tangled web of relationships – The Racing Partnership Ltd v. Sports Information Services Ltd [2020] EWCA Civ 1300

This paper comments on the recent split decision of the English Court of Appeal in The Racing Partnership Ltd v. Sports Information Services Ltd [2020] EWCA Civ 1300 concerning the common law action for misuse of confidential information. Although the majority overturned the decision of the trial ju...

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Main Author: SAW, Cheng Lim
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3432
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/5390/viewcontent/Saw2021_Article_TheCuriousCaseOfHorseracingDat.pdf
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Summary:This paper comments on the recent split decision of the English Court of Appeal in The Racing Partnership Ltd v. Sports Information Services Ltd [2020] EWCA Civ 1300 concerning the common law action for misuse of confidential information. Although the majority overturned the decision of the trial judge and found in favour of the defendant, this author will explain why the conclusion reached by the dissenting judge is the more compelling.