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Test for joint interest privilege clarified
The High Court has clarified the circumstances in which a company director or officer is entitled to assert joint interest privilege in legal advice …
No joint privilege for conspiring shareholder
A company is not generally entitled to assert privilege against its shareholders, since they have a joint interest in the advice received. This …
Court of Appeal on limited waiver of privilege
The Court of Appeal has held that a claimant was entitled to assert privilege in a draft witness statement relating to separate litigation, despite …
Proposed optional Common European Sales Law
On 11 October the European Commission published its proposed Regulation on a Common European Sales Law (download pdf here), aimed at …
Relevance not sufficient for standard disclosure
The Court of Appeal has reiterated the distinction between the broad discovery regime that applied before the introduction of the Civil Procedure Rules …
Personal service on director not valid where company not present in jurisdiction
The Court of Appeal has held that a foreign company which does not carry on business within England and Wales cannot be validly served by …
Assignment of claim void for champerty
In the context of litigation funded by third parties the courts have taken an increasingly liberal approach to the principles of champerty and …
An insight on the Supreme Court
Russell Hopkins, an associate in our firm's Advocacy Unit, has recently returned from spending a year as one of eight Judicial Assistants to the Justices …
Article published on endeavours and good faith
Commercial contracts commonly require one or both parties to use "reasonable", "all reasonable" or "best" endeavours to achieve some goal, …
Revocation of order granting relief from sanction
The High Court has revoked its previous order granting relief from sanction under an unless order, where the respondents had given false …
Jackson reforms: taking stock
In addition to the headline reforms which are to be implemented through primary legislation currently before Parliament, progress is ongoing toward the …
Costs on acceptance of Part 36 offer pre-action
Where a Part 36 offer is made and accepted pre-action, so that no proceedings are issued, is the claimant entitled to its costs? The answer was yes in a …
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