On 24 May 2024, Jacobs J handed down judgment in HPII v Stevens [2024] EWHC 1263 (Comm). James Pickering KC and Samuel Hodge acted for the successful Claimants in resisting an application made by the Defendant to discharge an order requiring his devices to be forensically examined.
The judgment gives a useful overview of the principles applicable when a party argues disclosure should not be required because it would breach foreign criminal law. It also addresses interesting issues of Italian criminal law (including hacking and disclosure of secrets), and expert evidence. A copy can be found here.
Separately: following the Court of Appeal’s decision on remedies last October in HPII v Stevens [2023] EWCA Civ 1120 (which held that Mr Stevens, a dishonest assistant, was not liable for equitable compensation, but instead only to account for his own profits), HPII has recently secured permission to appeal to the UK Supreme Court. A hearing is to be listed.
A copy of the judgment is available below
