Skids Programme Management Ltd v McNeill - [2013] 1 NZLR 1

Contract — Damages — Restraint of trade — Whether protectable interest — Whether breach of restraint of trade — Whether breach of contractual requirement of confidence — Whether loss suffered — Whether damages payable.

Copyright — Infringement — Remedies — Whether copying breach of copyright — Whether copying deliberate — Whether denial of copying aggravating factor — Whether behaviour punishable — Consideration of means of parties — Award to reflect outrageous behaviour — “Flagrancy” — Copyright Act 1994, s 121.

Equity — Confidential information — Equitable remedies — Whether information had characteristic of confidence — Whether unauthorised use made of information — Whether breach of confidence — Whether full range of remedies available.