Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution

Confidentiality Rings: Protecting Trade Secrets and Sensitive Information in Litigation

Author: Muireann Granville

A confidentiality "ring" or "club" is a group of designated individuals who are authorised by a court to view specified confidential material, which has been disclosed in discovery, and which is withheld from one or more of the parties to the litigation. 

The judgment in that case, Goode Concrete v CRH  [2017] IEHC 534, provides a useful review of the case law on confidentiality rings.

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