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Financial Services Tax – UK Update from Dechert’s Tax Group - February 2013: Privilege and Prudence

by David Gubbay, Daniel Hawthorne, Mark Stapleton | Dechert LLP on 2/14/2013

Legal advice privilege has seized the focus of attention yet again, as a result of the UK Supreme Court’s decision in Prudential delivered on 23 January 2013. In overview, Prudential sought to withhold documents including...more

Supreme Court confirms that legal advice privilege does not apply to communications with non-lawyers

by Edward Attenborough, Zelda Hunter | White & Case LLP on 1/30/2013

The Supreme Court this week handed down judgment in the case of R (on the application of Prudential plc and another) v Special Commissioner of Income Tax and another, confirming that legal advice privilege does not extend to...more

Tax Advice Given by Accountants Not Protected by Privilege

by Joan Bilsland, Scott H.D. Bower, Martin Sorensen | Bennett Jones LLP on 1/28/2013

Legal advice privilege applies only to lawyers and does not extend to tax advice provided by accountants, the United Kingdom Supreme Court (formerly the House of Lords) confirmed in its first judgment of 2013: R (on the...more

UK Case Re-examines Legal Privilege

by Andrew Little | Bennett Jones LLP on 1/25/2013

Downton Abbey… or the U.K. Supreme Court’s latest case on privilege law? One of these will come up sometime soon at a social event. “The public has the right to every person’s evidence,” said Supreme Court of ...more

"UK Supreme Court: Legal Advice Privilege Relates to Lawyers’ Advice Only"

by James Anderson, David Edwards, Chris Hutley-Hurst, Julia Kazaks, Steven Matays | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/25/2013

Summary - In an eagerly awaited decision of the U.K. Supreme Court in the case of R (on the Application of Prudential plc and Another) v. Special Commissioner of Income Tax and Another, [2013] UKSC 1, legal advice...more

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Financial Services Tax – UK Update from Dechert’s Tax Group - February 2013: Privilege and Prudence

Supreme Court confirms that legal advice privilege does not apply to communications with non-lawyers

Tax Advice Given by Accountants Not Protected by Privilege

UK Case Re-examines Legal Privilege

"UK Supreme Court: Legal Advice Privilege Relates to Lawyers’ Advice Only"

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