Privilege: Accidents will happen

Susan Rosser and Jonny Cohen consider a recent case of accidental disclosure ‘When a document is disclosed which is, on its face, privileged, it falls to the inspecting party to determine whether the document has been disclosed in error or whether privilege has been deliberately waived.’ In the recent case of Atlantisrealm Ltd v Intelligent …
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Birdseye & anr v Roythorne & Co & ors [2015] EWHC 1003 (Ch)

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | July/August 2015 #151

Roythorne & Co (Roythornes), a firm of solicitors, acted for Mr & Mrs Dring and, following his death on 28 September 2008, the executors of Mr Dring, Mr Pola and Mr Doubleday. Roythorne & Co (Roythornes), a firm of solicitors, acted for Mr & Mrs Dring and, following his death on 28 September 2008, the executors of Mr Dring, Mr Pola and Mr Doubleday. Mr & Mrs Dring were the only shareholders of Dring Bros Limited, which had acquired Manor Farm to enable Mrs Dring’s brother and sister in law (Mrs Cooke), who were the tenant farmers, to continue to live there. Roythornes...