The respondent, HV Test (Pty) Ltd, and the first appellant, Lead HV (Pty) Ltd, are direct competitors in the medium, high and extra-high voltage electrical engineering sector. Two former employees of the respondent, Ms Sheik and Mr Ledwaba, who were subject to restraint of trade agreements, left the respondent’s employment and joined the first appellant. An Anton Piller order obtained in September 2020 revealed that Sheik and Ledwaba were in possession of the respondent’s confidential information, including customer and training lists. The respondent alleged that this confidential information was unlawfully provided to and used by the appellants to compete with it. The respondent brought an urgent application seeking interdictory relief and enforcement of the restraints. Default orders were granted against Sheik and Ledwaba, and after the matter proceeded in the ordinary course against the appellants, the Gauteng High Court granted a final interdict restraining the appellants from using or disclosing the respondent’s confidential information. The appellants appealed against that order.