However, Judge Mark Pelling QC dismissed Mr Bailey's claims for breach of contract and breach of confidence.

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Mrs Crabb said that, by speaking to parents outside school, Mrs Hill was guilty of a breach of confidence and had brought the school into disrepute.

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And they could not understand "why grouping of payments in bands for one, but not the other, presents data-protection or breach-of-confidence issues", as the BBC had insisted.

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It's a breach of patients' confidence and trust.

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"For us to function effectively on behalf of the public there has to be mutual confidence within the Treasury team, and there can be no breach of trust between a Minister and his political members, " he added.

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It is highly damaging to market confidence when privileged shareholders commit market abuse, and the high penalty reflects the seriousness of his breach.

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