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United Kingdom - January 23 2013
The Supreme Court today confirmed, by a 5 - 2 majority that legal advice privilege is restricted to legal advice of a lawyer. Advice on the law…
United Kingdom - August 10 2012
"Disclosure" is the term given to the stage of the litigation procedure when each party is required to disclose to the other the existence of the documents on which he relies or which adversely affect his own case, adversely affect another party's case or support another party's case.
United Kingdom - August 10 2012
Any recorded communication (for example: e-mails, taped phone conversations (including voicemails), letters, memoranda, computer records etc) may have to be produced to the other party in a subsequent dispute/legal proceedings if the record is relevant to the proceedings.
United Kingdom - November 9 2010
On 13 October 2010, the Court of Appeal upheld a decision of the High Court that legal advice privilege applies only to legal advice given by a lawyer and not where the advice is given by a non-lawyer, for example, an accountant.
United Kingdom - October 13 2010
The Court of Appeal has today upheld a decision of the High Court that legal advice privilege applies only to legal advice given by a lawyer and not where the advice is given by a non-lawyer, for example, an accountant.
