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Settlement Discussions: EAT aims to end dispute over without prejudice rule
A recent ruling has provided welcome clarification of when pre-termination negotiations should remain privileged, report Johanna Johnson and Ronan O’Reilly ‘There are eight recognised exceptions to the application of the without prejudice rule, which were set out by Robert Walker LJ in Unilever plc v The Procter & Gamble Co [2000].’ The ‘without prejudice’ privilege …
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- BNP Paribas v Mezzotero [2004] UKEAT 0218/04/3003
- Framlington Group Ltd & anor v Barnetson [2007] EWCA Civ 502
- Portnykh v Nomura International plc UKEAT/0448/13 (
- Savings & Investment Bank Ltd v Fincken [2003] EWCA Civ 1630
- Unilever plc v The Procter & Gamble Company [1999] EWCA Civ 3027