LONDON, U.K. -- SMi Group (http://www.smi-online.co.uk/) has been granted judgment in its favour against Mr Daniel Levy, Mrs Marta Levy (former employees) and Mr Ilja Bonsen in its High Court case(claim no. HC12C00630) regarding the theft and use of its confidential information.

This High Court claim followed a judgment in the Civil Law Division of the Court of The Hague (case no. 406269) in which SMi was granted a preliminary injunction in December 2011.

On Tuesday, the Court ordered, among other things, a permanent injunction preventing the Defendants from using SMi's confidential information.

According to Dale Butler, Managing Director of SMi Group,“SMi takes the protection of its clients, events and associated intellectual property rights extremely seriously. As market leaders, we felt compelled to take this action to best defend our interests and the integrity of the sector in which we work. SMi strives to continue its success at providing the highest quality events in the Defence, Security, Energy, Utilities, Finance and Pharmaceutical sectors."

For further information on this Press release, please contact Ann Kiely by email akiely@smi-online.co.uk