Cases

McKennitt v Ash (QBD)

Facts

The Claimants were a Canadian folk musician (C) and her corporate recording companies. The Claimants issued proceedings against a former friend and personal assistant of C over the contents of a book entitled “Travels with Loreena McKennitt: My Life as a Friend”. The Claimant maintained that despite her professional success, she had always sought to keep her personal and business life private, save for the controlled release of personal information to promote a charitable cause. The Claimant sought a declaration that by publishing identified information in the book the defendants had acted in breach of confidence. Although there had already been limited publication of book, C also sought to restrain various categories of ‘confidential information’ (as well as specific passages) in the book, as opposed to its entire contents. The Court had ordered a speedy trial.

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