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The Emperor has no clothes: Privy Council strips down the Shareholder Rule and Hong Kong watches

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The Shareholder Rule is a legal doctrine under which a company is generally precluded from asserting legal professional privilege to withhold documents from a shareholder in the course of litigation involving both the company...more

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Fraud, Electronic Data Sources and Claims to Privilege in the United Kingdom—Lessons From Brian Glasgow v David Ames

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In Short - The Situation: Insolvency officeholders increasingly find their investigations into a company's affairs frustrated by the comingling of records on a "group" server. Claims to privilege by other group entities (or...more

A&O Shearman

High Court holds no litigation privilege where expert used as “ballast in the correspondence”

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Expert advice on the pricing of forward freight agreements, used to “make good any legitimate grievance” and “add ballast” in correspondence concerning alleged corporate mismanagement, was not covered by litigation privilege...more

White & Case LLP

No third party production: FRC loses its demand for Sports Direct's privileged documents

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Court battles with regulators over privilege and the disclosure of documents are becoming increasingly common. However, it is not often that you see a regulator seeking to obtain the privileged documents of a third party who...more

White & Case LLP

SL Claimants v Tesco: High Court clarifies the confidentiality of documents referred to in separate criminal proceedings

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In SL Claimants v Tesco Plc,1 the High Court considered a number of issues relating to disclosure during the fourth case management conference in those proceedings. Of particular interest to practitioners and parties to...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Disclosure Scheme Implemented in Certain Divisions of the High Court of England & Wales

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What Is It? A two-year pilot scheme running in certain divisions of the English High Court, designed to reduce the volume of disclosure documents (discovery) produced in English litigation. What Will It Mean? In some...more

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New Disclosure Pilot Scheme Begins in England and Wales

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Parties with matters taking place in England and Wales need to be aware of a new disclosure pilot scheme that has become mandatory, with some exceptions, in English and Welsh business and property courts. These courts cover...more

White & Case LLP

Which jurisdiction? Choosing where to litigate: A jurisdictional overview of the world’s court systems

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With ongoing advances in technology and communications, the number of contracting parties looking beyond their local jurisdiction when choosing a dispute resolution forum continues to grow It is easier than ever for...more

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