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
Landmark decision means companies can assert legal advice privilege against their shareholders in litigation before the English courts. On 24 July 2025, the Privy Council handed down its decision in Jardine Strategic Ltd...more
The concept of the “shareholder principle” in English law provides that a company cannot assert privilege against its own shareholders, unless the privileged documents in question were created for the dominant purpose of...more