Trade Secrets (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2018: Key legislation implementing EU Trade Secrets Directive, defining and protecting trade secrets and outlining remedies for breach. Essential for establishing the framework of trade secret protection in confidentiality agreements.
Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR: Comprehensive data protection legislation governing personal data handling, processing requirements, data subject rights, and compliance obligations in confidentiality contexts.
Common Law Contract Principles: Fundamental legal principles including consideration, intention to create legal relations, capacity to contract, and offer and acceptance, which form the basis of any valid contract.
Equitable Principles of Confidence: Common law principles establishing the duty of confidence and requirements for information to qualify as confidential, developed through case law.
Enterprise Act 2002: Competition law framework ensuring confidentiality provisions don't create unreasonable restraints of trade or anti-competitive effects.
Human Rights Act 1998: Legislation balancing confidentiality obligations against fundamental rights including freedom of expression and privacy rights.
Intellectual Property Laws Bundle: Collection of IP legislation including Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, Trade Marks Act 1994, and Patents Act 1977, relevant for protecting intellectual property aspects of confidential information.
Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998: Legislation protecting whistleblowers and defining circumstances for permitted disclosures in the public interest, which may override confidentiality obligations.
