Practice: For your eyes only

Andrew Beck and Gwendoline Davies return to update the law and practice of legal advice privilege and litigation privilege ‘When faced with a request for information or a request for disclosure, it is no longer sufficient for a party to simply shout privilege in an attempt to justify a refusal to respond.’In January 2016 we …
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Privilege: Fight the good fight

Davinia Brennan examines recent case law on litigation privilege ‘Starbev [2013] is a useful reminder of the scope of litigation privilege. It demonstrates the difficulties of proving that anticipated litigation was the dominant purpose of a document.’ A recent UK High Court case serves as a reminder of the risks of instructing non-legal advisers in …
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