Johal Dairies Refused Permission to Appeal in Case Against J.N.Dairies

WOLVERHAMPTON, England -

- In relation to the High Court case of J.N.Dairies Ltd (Claimant) v Johal Dairies Ltd (1st Defendant) & Gurbir Singh (2nd Defendant)

- Judgment Laid Down on 12 June 2009, 10:30am at the Royal Courts of Justice (High Court), London

Johal Dairies were yesterday refused permission to appeal against a High Court judgment which found that they had paid an illegal immigrant GBP40,000 to steal confidential customer information from rival dairy supplier J.N.Dairies.

Today’s hearing followed an extraordinary 8 day trial at Birmingham Civil Justice Centre between 10 and 19 March 2009 at which the Court found that Wolverhampton and Leicester based Johal Dairies had paid an illegal immigrant, Gurbir Singh, GBP40,000 to steal information from J.N.Dairies that contained the volumes, addresses and prices that it was supplying its customers, which Johal Dairies then used in price negotiations to unlawfully win J.N.Dairies’ business.

At yesterday’s hearing the trial Judge, His Honour Judge David Cooke, found that there were no compelling arguments in favour of allowing Johal Dairies to appeal against this judgment and no real prospect of the appeal succeeding. The Judge also ordered that Johal Dairies should pay J.N.Dairies’ legal costs with an up-front payment of GBP200,000 to be made before the Court determines what further payments may be due (both in relation to costs and compensation).

A further hearing is due to take place at which the Court will determine what level of damages may be payable to J.N.Dairies in relation to Johals unlawful use of its confidential information. The Judge decided that the damages J.N.Dairies will be seeking at that hearing will adequately compensate the company for its losses and so declined to grant an injunction prohibiting the ongoing use of the information.

For further information about the case and the initial judgment please see the earlier press release dated 12 June 2009 (attached or see www.JNDairies.com).

For more information on the case, please contact William Neville of Burges Salmon on +44(0)117-939-2202. J.N.DAIRIES, 115 Millfields Road, Wolverhampton, WV4 6JQ, enquiries@JNDairies.com

Source: J.N.Dairies

For more information on the case, please contact William Neville of Burges Salmon on +44(0)117-939-2202. For press enquiries, contact J.N.Dairies on +44(0)844-800-7740 and ask for Manrupe Nijjar. J.N.DAIRIES, 115 Millfields Road, Wolverhampton, WV4 6JQ, enquiries at JNDairies.com