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What UK Law Firms Really Want: Procurement Insights from LegalTechTalk 2025

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Senior technology leaders from major UK law firms reveal evolving procurement priorities that go far beyond traditional security requirements UK law firms are fundamentally reshaping how they evaluate and purchase legal...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Handy client guide to privilege

We have published a client guide to legal professional privilege under English law. This guide comprises: A decision tree: intended as a quick reference to help determine which documents can legitimately be withheld on...more

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UK: An alternative way to deal with unclaimed client money? The FCA consults on expansion of the dormant assets scheme

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On 22 May 2023, the FCA published a consultation paper (CP23/12) on the second phase of expanding the Dormant Assets Scheme. The Dormant Assets Scheme was initially set up to allow banks and building societies to pay dormant...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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Ransomware - why paying up earns no credit with the UK's Data Protection Authority and others

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In a joint letter this summer, the UK’s data protection regulator (the ICO) and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (the NCSC) sought to convey some key messages to the legal profession relevant to advising clients...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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Remote hearings in the English courts – Learning points and pitfalls to avoid

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We have recently successfully represented a client at a 3-day remote hearing relating to an application for specific disclosure. In line with the recent guidance from the Commercial Court, the hearing was conducted via Skype...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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FCA to Clarify Scope of the Client Dealing Function

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The FCA has announced that it plans to consult further on the scope of the Client Dealing Function under the SMCR. Key Points: ..The FCA acknowledges that the scope of the Client Dealing Function needs to be clarified,...more

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GDPR’s Most Frequently Asked Questions: If a law firm is a controller of the personal data that it receives from a client as part...

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The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") is arguably the most comprehensive - and complex - data privacy regulation in the world. Although the GDPR went into force on May 25, 2018, there continues to...more

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Inducement Rules: FCA Reminds Firms of Its Expectations

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The FCA has found that client hospitality events do not always enhance the quality of service to clients in line with its inducement rules....more

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