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

• Main Author: SAW, Cheng Lim
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: Breach of confidence; Misuse of confidential information; Asian Studies; Contracts; Intellectual Property Law
• 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
• Institution: Singapore Management University

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...