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Iniquity exception to privilege requires prima facie case of fraud or crime – breach of a fundamental human right is not sufficient
In a recent decision, the High Court declined to disapply legal professional privilege over documents alleged to reveal a breach of fundamental human …
Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes Annual Review 2016 published
Our Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes team has today published its Annual Review of 2016, which provides an overview and analysis of the key cases …
Contrasting High Court decisions on whether successful party should be compensated for exchange rate loss on legal costs
The High Court (Mr Justice Coulson) has declined to order that a successful defendant should recover additional sums to reflect any currency loss …
Court of Appeal confirms subsequent communications can be relevant to determining whether a contract has been concluded
The Court of Appeal has held that the High Court was wrong to find that a contract had arguably been concluded during a telephone call following a …
Costs judge finds information from mediation is admissible when considering costs consequences of settlement
A costs judge has held that information about a party's costs provided for the purposes of a mediation could be used as evidence when considering the …
No appeal against controversial decision in RBS case applying narrow interpretation of “client” for purposes of legal advice privilege
In a widely publicised decision last December arising out of the RBS Rights Issue Litigation (reported here), the High Court found that interviews …
Successful challenge to English court jurisdiction over claims against UK domiciled parent company in relation to acts of subsidiary abroad
Two companies in the Shell group (domiciled in the UK and Nigeria respectively) have successfully challenged the jurisdiction of the English court to …
Court of Appeal considers meaning of requirement to notify insurers "as soon as possible" after event likely to give rise to a claim
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that an insurer could not rely on a condition precedent relating to notification to avoid liability under a public …
Supreme Court rules approval of Parliament needed to trigger Article 50
In a landmark constitutional law ruling, the Supreme Court today held (by a majority of 8 to 3) that the UK Government cannot trigger Article 50 of the …
Terminating your contract: When can you call it quits?
Parties to commercial contracts may wish to exit their contractual arrangements for all sorts of reasons. In many cases, they will have included in their …
Court awards additional sum to compensate successful party for exchange rate loss on legal costs
In assessing the costs to which a German claimant was entitled on having succeeded in its patents claim in the English High Court, the …
Turkish Court of Appeal takes restrictive view of English jurisdiction clause
A decision of the Turkish Court of Appeal has important implications for parties to agreements with a Turkish element (such as a Turkish …
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