Privilege: A goal in the pipeline

Joseph Sullivan reports on the first televised decision in the Court of Appeal ‘The courts have recognised that there are important policy reasons for permitting parties to obtain advice from their lawyers and to prepare for litigation without fear of those communications subsequently being disclosable to their opponent.’ In the recent case of WH Holding …
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Privilege: Don’t quote me on this

Richard Farnhill concludes his examination of privilege and considers if the system is fit for purpose ‘The recent privilege decisions are inconsistent with, and indeed have not considered, the substantive rules on attribution. In the absence of any proper distinction, those rules are binding and the recent privilege decisions are therefore incorrect.’ The first two …
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