In the fourth and final post on our series on Disputes 101 we look at boilerplate provisions on: entire agreements, non-reliance, oral variation (aka oral modification) and waiver. Entire agreement and non-reliance - Entire...more
A recent decision reminds litigants about the dangers of referring to legal advice in witness statements. The English courts have recently taken an expansive approach in finding waivers of privilege when legal advice is...more
The Commercial Court has held that a bank waived privilege in all contemporaneous communications with its lawyers relating to particular transactions, as the bank had referenced and deployed certain documents containing legal...more