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“Shareholder Rule” Snuffed Out: Practical Implications for UK Companies and Shareholders

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When a client seeks legal advice from a lawyer, the confidential communications between them, which are made for the sole or dominant purpose of seeking and receiving legal advice, are protected by legal professional...more

A&O Shearman

Litigation privilege not lost despite party deceiving a third party as to its true purpose in asking for information

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Legal professional privilege is absolute unless overridden by statute or the party entitled to claim privilege waives that privilege or is estopped from claiming it. There is no principle of law that if a party misleads a...more

BCLP

UK HR Two Minute Monthly - September 2021

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Legal professional privilege, litigation advice privilege, iniquitous principle, unfair dismissal, right to appeal, unlawful protection from wages claim, income protection payments - EAT concludes that an email sent prior...more

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High Court upholds privilege claim, despite “deceptive” litigation tactics

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A recent High Court appeal decision in Ahuja Investments Limited v (1) Victorygame Limited and (2) Surjit Singh Pandher has permitted a creative, yet deceptive, litigation strategy by a claimant seeking to withhold...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Dawson-Damer v Taylor Wessing – High Court’s Ongoing Interpretation of the Data Protection Act

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In the latest round in the ongoing saga of Dawson-Damer v Taylor Wessing, a landmark victory has been secured for Dawson-Damer seeking under the Data Protection Act the release of personal data held by their trustee’s law...more

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