Life will never be quite the same! For years we speculated
– could it be Schumacher (he did once emerge from under the
helmet, but it clearly was a guest appearance), was the
name a silly play on ‘The Gits’, and were the
three men with the best jobs in the world, Clarkson, Hammond
and May, simply taking turns at dressing up and
throwing high-powered cars around a track? But now The Stig
of Top Gear has an identity, it’s Ben Collins. It’s a
bit like finding out that there isn’t really an Easter
Bunny (hope that hasn’t ruined anyone’s day!).
Anyway, the BBC was unable to stop Collins from spilling the
beans in his biography. At issue was the oft-overlooked IP right of
confidential information. A relationship of confidentiality can be
imposed by circumstances, but it’s much better to put it in a
contract. A typical example might be where someone
who’s high on creativity but low on capital takes their
bright idea to an organisation that’s dull of mind but
