Preliminary

[1] On 3 December 2014 the appellants successfully obtained leave to appeal from this court on the following questions ("leave questions"):

i. Whether the principle of law in Svenson Hair Center Sdn Bhd v. Irene Chin Zee Ling , 2008 MarsdenLR 2100 that protection of confidential information "does not have any time limits" is a correct statement of law and would therefore have been binding on the 2nd respondent even after his tenure with the appellants had ended?

ii. Whether s 132 of the Companies Act 1965 on a Director's obligation of confidentiality, and s 28 of the Contracts Act 1950 on restraint of trade are mutually exclusive such that a Director would have to maintain confidentiality and/or observe his fiduciary duties in respect of confidential information even after his tenure of office has expired?

iii. Where copyright of a collage is explicitly conceded by the com