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Attorney-client privilege is one of the most important protections in the legal system. Its powerful legal protection allows clients to speak freely and candidly with their attorneys without fear that their communications...more
The US concepts of the attorney-client privilege and the work-product doctrine are rooted in England’s and Wales’s legal advice and litigation privileges. The primary purpose of the attorney-client privilege and the legal...more
The Supreme Court was seemingly set to decide whether and when a party can assert attorney-client privilege protection over communications containing both legal and non-legal advice, but SCOTUS recently decided to bypass the...more
The “attorney-client privilege” may be the most well-known and misunderstood legal principles. Both attorneys and clients often make broad assumptions about its scope and application. When these assumptions turn out to be...more
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
In a judgment handed down this week, The Civil Aviation Authority v Jet2.Com Ltd [2020] EWCA Civ 35, the Court of Appeal has given important new guidance on a number of issues that arise as to the scope of Legal Advice...more