Serious Fraud Office (SFO) v Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Ltd [2017] EWHC 1017 (QB); [2018] EWCA Civ 2006

Legal privilege: When does legal advice lose its confidential status?

The EAT appears to have widened the range of situations in which employers might lose legal advice privilege, reports Ben Daniel ‘As a baseline principle, it would be wise to steer clear of any narrative which could be viewed as underhand or deceitful on the available facts.’ Legal advice given by a lawyer to a …

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Privilege: Ever-decreasing circles

Gwendoline Davies, Andrew Northage and Robert Starr assess the impact of a recent ruling on legal professional privilege ‘There are important public policy justifications underpinning privilege, such as the need for clients to be able to candidly disclose matters to their lawyers.’ A recent High Court ruling is the latest in a line of cases …

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