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Law Society to intervene in Prudential appeal to Supreme Court
On 13 April 2011 the Supreme Court granted Prudential permission to appeal against the Court of Appeal's decision confirming that legal professional …
Waiver of privilege to support merits at interlocutory stage means waiver of privilege at trial
A recent High Court decision confirms that where a party relies on the contents of privileged material to support its case on the merits at the …
The Supreme Court grants Prudential permission to appeal Court of Appeal judgment on legal advice privilege
In a decision handed down on 13 October 2010 the Court of Appeal confirmed that legal professional privilege ("LPP") did not extend to advice on tax law …
Disclosure of privileged report as condition of changing experts
In Edwards-Tubb v JD Wetherspoon PLC [2011] EWCA Civ 136, the Court of Appeal held that the court could not override privilege in an earlier expert's …
Litigation privilege: applying the test
In Axa Seguros S.A. de C.V. v Allianz Insurance plc and others [2011] EWHC 268 (Comm), the High Court held that engineers' reports produced for the …
Disallowing expert evidence
In Meat Corporation of Namibia Ltd v Dawn Meats (UK) Ltd [2011] EWHC 474 (Ch), the High Court refused the claimant's challenge to the admissibility of …
Supreme Court confirms new exception to the 'without prejudice' rule
In its judgment handed down on 27 October 2010 in Oceanbulk Trading & Shipping SA v TMT Asia [2010] UKSC 44, the Supreme Court added a new exception …
Legal advice privilege: only for lawyers
The Court of Appeal has today handed down judgment confirming that legal advice privilege does not apply to any professional other than a qualified …
Privilege after Akzo - a checklist for in-house lawyers
The European Court of Justice decision in Akzo confirms that, for the purposes of EU law, legal professional privilege does not apply to communications …
European Court of Justice confirms that privilege does not apply to in-house lawyers under EU competition law
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has today handed down judgment in the Akzo privilege case, confirming that legal professional privilege does not …
Without prejudice: extent of unambiguous impropriety exception clarified
In Williams v Hull [2009] EWHC 2844 (Ch) Arnold J upheld the 'without prejudice' status of a letter, deciding also that the 'unambiguous impropriety' …
Privilege update
The recent case of Tchenguiz v Imerman [2009] EWHC 2902 gives guidance on when lawyers' annotations (in particular highlighting or underlining on …
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