UK dairy firm Johal Dairies has been refused an appeal against a court ruling that found it paid an illegal immigrant GBP40,000 (US$66,000) to steal confidential information from a rival dairy supplier.
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Yesterday’s (20 July) decision followed an eight-day trial at a court in Birmingham in March, which found that Johal Dairies had paid Gurbir Singh GBP40,000 to steal information from JN Dairies.
The information contained the volumes, addresses and prices that it was supplying its customers, which Johal Dairies used in price negotiations to unlawfully win JN Dairies’ business.
Judge David Cooke found that there were no compelling arguments in favour of allowing Johal Dairies to appeal against this judgment and no real prospect of the appeal succeeding.
The judge also ordered that Johal Dairies should pay JN Dairies’ legal costs with an up-front payment of GBP200,000 to be made before the court determines what further payments may be due.
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By GlobalDataA further hearing is due to take place at which the court will determine what level of damages may be payable to JN Dairies in relation to Johal’s unlawful use of its confidential information.
The judge decided that the damages JN Dairies will be seeking at the hearing will adequately compensate the company for its losses and declined to grant an injunction prohibiting the ongoing use of the information.
