And there is no doubt that they have legal effect. Some duties of confidentiality depend on the person on whom you wish to impose a duty having knowledge of the confidential nature of the information.
The trouble is the proliferation of such disclaimers & declarations into situations where they are clearly inappropriate tends to devalue them to the point of worthlessness. Obviously they are to be ignored on a list such as this, where mail is sent to 200+ people and preserved in at least two searchable web archives. This begs the question: When shouldn't I ignore the pronouncement of confidentiality? On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:11:59 +1300 Douglas Royds wrote: > We haven't discussed > the philosophy or legal standing of such disclaimers beyond Chris's little, > um, > enthuse last week -- Nick Rout Barrister & Solicitor Christchurch <http://www.rout.co.nz> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
