Confidentiality Obligations

Skillful Protection of Your Confidentiality

Confidentiality obligations are no mere trivialities; they are a delicate dance on a tightrope of trust and can permeate our lives in profound ways. In our modern environment, with easy and direct access to information, understanding and respecting confidentiality obligations is a legal and ethical imperative. Our team can skillfully uncover and investigate breaches, strategically pursue remedies and offer practical and grounded guidance on how to integrate compliance into daily operations.

Legal Services

Our team has experience providing services to employers or employees, contractors or principals, directors or boards and buyers or sellers and is able to assist with:

Setting up confidentiality obligations, including:

confidentiality agreements
employment contracts
business sale contracts
due diligence agreements
deeds of access and indemnity
intellectual property agreements

Advising on the use and disclosure of confidential information, including:

disclosure of employment information
reliance on and enforcement of agreements
public interest disclosure and whistleblowing
access rights under the Privacy Act

Enforcement of rights, including:

investigating disclosures
complaints to the information commissioner
adverse action and dismissal
injunctions
claims for compensation, damages or other relief
removal of directors or officeholders

The links above contain more information about some of the services we provide. If you want specific advice, or if you have an issue that is not covered in one of the links, please contact us for more information or to make an appointment with one of our Brisbane-based lawyers.