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Disputes in Focus: Quick Q&A on Legal Privilege in Group Litigation

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Legal professional privilege is a key issue in any litigation or investigation and each year the courts determine many disputes over its application. It can become less straightforward to manage and protect in multi-party or...more

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Monthly Highlights – UK Employment Law – June 2023

In this month's instalment, our team highlights the recent ACAS guidance on whistleblowing and employee absences, potential issues with legal advice privilege, workers’ rights in respect of holiday pay on termination and the...more

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Your secret is safe with me - CJEU extends Legal Professional Privilege under EU law

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In December 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) made a preliminary ruling which will herald a significant, and welcome, impact on the treatment of lawyer-client communications by the EU courts. The...more

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Legal Professional Privilege | Corporate Internal Investigations in the UK

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Privilege is a legal concept that can have a significant impact on internal investigations. It refers to certain types of communications or documents that are protected from disclosure because they are considered confidential...more

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Monthly Highlights - UK Employment Law - October 2022

During a turbulent month of mini-budgets and U-turns, there were also a number of important decisions handed down by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (the “EAT”). In our October update, we outline the EAT’s determination of...more

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UK HR Two Minute Monthly - September 2021

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Legal professional privilege, litigation advice privilege, iniquitous principle, unfair dismissal, right to appeal, unlawful protection from wages claim, income protection payments - EAT concludes that an email sent prior...more

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Can you claim legal advice privilege for your communication with foreign in-house lawyers in an English litigation or...

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A recent English judgment discussed whether communications with an in-house counsel or with external foreign lawyers are protected by legal advice privilege, including whether the type and seniority of qualification of the...more

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English Legal Advice Privilege Can Apply to Communications With Foreign Lawyers

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High Court holds that English law legal advice privilege can extend to such communications regardless of whether or not the lawyers are in-house practitioners. In PJSC Tatneft v Gennady Bogolyubov & Ors.,[i] the English...more

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UK High Court Considers What Amounts to a Waiver of Privilege in Recent Case

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On 1 June 2020, the High Court found that, by using references to their lawyers’ legal advice in support of its case that the transactions that formed the subject matter of the application were lawful, a bank had waived...more

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Alert: Maintaining Legal Advice Privilege in England and Wales: Don’t Let Bad Habits Creep Into ‘New Normal’

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Businesses' ability to adapt to the "new normal" of remote working in the UK has been astonishing and commendable. However, the official communication lines that protect legal privilege (amongst other things) may be eroded if...more

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Privilege overview (UPDATED)

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Any recorded communication (for example: emails, recorded phone conversations (including voicemails), letters, memoranda, computer records etc) may have to be produced to the other party in litigation or other adversarial...more

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Regulators, the professions and their clients: recent guidance on LPP

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The Court of Appeal has recently handed down a number of important judgments addressing the scope of Legal Professional Privilege (LPP). In Sports Direct International plc v Financial Reporting Council, a unanimous Court of...more

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Court of Appeal Clarifies Legal Professional Privilege

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The Court ruled on the “dominant purpose” test and offered guidance on the status of multiparty emails, and attachments. Two recent Court of Appeal judgments have sought to clarify, and offer practical guidance relating...more

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Court of appeal upholds dominant purpose test for legal advice privilege, and considers its application to multi-addressee...

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In The Civil Aviation Authority v R (on the application of Jet2.com Limited), the Court of Appeal, upholding the High Court decision, has affirmed that legal advice privilege (LAP) is subject to a dominant purpose test. This...more

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English Court of Appeal Considers Test for Legal Advice Privilege

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In Civil Aviation Authority v. R (on the Application of Jet2.com Ltd.), the English Court of Appeal clarified the test for legal advice privilege, confirming the need to show that the dominant purpose of the relevant...more

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Legal advice privilege subject to “dominant purpose” test – how to deal with multi-party email communications

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The dominant purpose of a communication must be to obtain, or give, legal advice for legal advice privilege to apply. The Court of Appeal considers how, in the light of this, to analyse privilege and internal multi-party...more

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CAA v R (on the application of Jet2.com Limited): the Court of Appeal confirms the dominant purpose test for legal advice...

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In perhaps the clearest statement on this issue to date, the Court of Appeal in The Civil Aviation Authority v R (on the application of Jet2.com Limited), has confirmed the "dominant purpose" test for legal advice privilege....more

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Unleash the Cranky Alpaca: Legal Advice Privilege and Multiparty Emails

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In Civil Aviation Authority v R (on the application of Jet2 Ltd) 2020 EWCA Civ 35, the English Court of Appeal provided clear guidance on the position of Legal Advice Privilege and multiparty emails. Further, it confirmed...more

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RBI v Asia Coal Energy: Court of Appeal confirms that communication of solicitor instructions does not of itself waive underlying...

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In Raffeisen Bank International AG v Asia Coal Energy Ventures Ltd & Ashurst LLP,  the Court of Appeal distinguished the case of Conlon v Conlons Ltd, and provided a helpful analysis of the circumstances in which instructions...more

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Legal Advice Privilege and In-house Practice: Court of Appeal Provides Welcome Guidance

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Existing Test - Legal Advice Privilege (“LAP”) allows a party to withhold from disclosure communications between a lawyer and client, which are confidential and for the dominant purposes of obtaining legal advice. This...more

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Littler Global Guide - United Kingdom - Q4 2019

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Leaked Legal Advice Protected Under Privilege, Court of Appeal Holds - Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency - On October 22, 2019, the UK Court of Appeal held that a leaked email, in which in-house...more

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UK Competition Appeal Tribunal Judgment: Pushing the Envelope on Abuse of Dominance

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The CAT’s Royal Mail v. Ofcom judgment considers what constitutes abusive conduct, the “as-efficient competitor” test, and the use of expert economic advice. On 12 November 2019, the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (the...more

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Legal advice privilege upheld for dissolved companies

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The Court of Appeal has confirmed that documents protected by legal advice privilege remain so protected even upon the dissolution of the company to whom the privilege belongs. Once attached, legal advice privilege exists...more

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SFO Corporate Co-operation Guidance – A flawed approach and a wasted opportunity

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The much heralded Corporate Co-operation Guidance published by the Serious Fraud Office recently offers little comfort to corporates struggling with the dilemma of whether to self-report wrongdoing. Instead it offers a...more

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English High Court Upholds Privilege Claim Over Client Instructions to Provide Confirmations

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The decision clarifies how lawyer-client privilege applies in the context of transactions. The recent English High Court decision Raiffeisen Bank International AG v Asia Coal Energy Ventures Limited and Ashurst provides...more

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