A landmark appeal is due to be brought by the Tchenguiz brothers later this year in the Court of Appeal that should be very interesting, particularly for divorce lawyers.
Basically, last year Eady J ordered the brothers to return reams and reams of confidential data they had taken from the computer of their brother-in-law and former business partner Vivian Imerman.
They had taken the data in order to pass it to their sister Lisa in preparation for her impending divorce - they were worried that Imerman would hide his true financial position from her.
Lisa was subsequently allowed by the Family courts to use some of the data in order to justify what had happened and her proposed use of the information in the divorce - a decision which Imerman now plans to appeal against.
So, Lisa was allowed to use the information passed to her in the Family Division whereas in the Queens Bench Division her brothers were being sued for obtaining the information.
That seemed a bit weird and this afternoon judge Sir David Keene granted the brothers permission to appeal saying that there was a clear tension between the courts over this issue.
He said that in the light of the recent decision of the Court of Appeal to allow Marco Pierre White to sue his former wife's lawyers Withers over "dirty tricks" in their divorce the Court of Appeal should look at the whole of this issue and clarify the situation.
A spokesperson for Imerman said: "We are delighted this area of law will be clarified at the appeal and are confident that Mr Imerman's privacy will be protected because throughout the legal process so far, judges have expressed their dismay at the extreme behaviour of the Tchenguiz brothers."
Photo by Lisa B via Flickr.
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