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 dominant purpose of a communication must be to obtain, or give, legal advice for legal advice privilege to apply. The Court of Appeal considers how, in the light of this, to analyse privilege and internal multi-party...more
In Asplenium Land v Lam Chye Shing (2019), the Singapore High Court had to consider whether emails to and from a person acting as a company’s legal counsel were protected by legal advice privilege where that person had been...more
The English Court of Appeal's much - anticipated decision on legal professional privilege in Director of the Serious Fraud Office v. Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Ltd. contains mixed news for companies conducting...more
In a High Court ruling on 5 November 2015, Mr. Justice Snowden helpfully reaffirmed the established precedent that legal advice privilege is not confined to telling the client the law: it may also attach to factual updates...more