I-Admin (Singapore) Pte Ltd v Hong Ying Ting [2020] SGCA 32 subcontracted payroll processing to the appellant. The respondents lodged a police report on 17 July 2014. Subsequently, on 4 September 2014, the first respondent emailed HSBC and ADP, informing them their data was in the third respondent’s possession. 14 The appellant’s case in the court below was as follows. From 2009, the first and second respondents had conspired to start a competing payroll business. They accessed, and later downloaded, the appellant’s copyrighted and confidential material. They then went on to use this material in the course of developing the third respondent’s business. These entailed breaches of copyright and confidence. The appellant’s allegedly infringed materials included: (a) Source codes for the Payroll Systems and HRIS (“Category 1 materials”). (b) Databases and other materials constituting the technical infrastructure supporting the Payroll Systems and HRIS (“Category 2 materials”). (c) Business development and client-related materials (“Category 3 materials”). (d) Materials related to its operations, such as documents setting out internal guidelines and policies (“Category 4 materials”). The appellant also asserted that (i) the first respondent had acted in breach of contract; (ii) the four respondents had committed the tort of conspiracy; and (iii) the fourth respondent had induced the first and second respondents to breach their employment contracts. These arguments are not pursued on appeal and the 8