The wall of silence

Murdoch, Sandi

The wall of silence - 2005 - Estates Gazette (0515) 16 April 2005, 121(1) .

Discusses the issue raised in "South Tyneside BC v Wickes Building Supplies Ltd" ([2004] EWHC 2428 (Comm), unreported) where a witness summons was issued in order to gain details of a lease. Witness summons can compel a party to provide sensitive information but, in some cases, a confidentiality clause can be set aside. A confidentiality clause does not in itself render a transaction irrelevant as evidence in a rent review arbitration.


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