Background and history of proceedings - The background to the latest instalment in the long-running dispute between Sports Direct International (“SDI”) (now renamed Frasers Group plc) and the Financial Reporting Council...more
The relationship between a business and its auditor often requires privileged material to be passed to the auditor to enable it to properly understand the financial risks to the business of existing and potential litigation....more
The courts have recently sent contrasting signals in respect of the scope of legal professional privilege (“LPP”). In A v B and Financial Reporting Council, Mr Justice Trower restated and applied the law on legal advice...more
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