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High Court orders Tesco to disclose SFO documents in s.90A FSMA shareholder class action
High Court finds SFO can compel production of documents held by foreign company outside the jurisdiction
In a recent decision in the context of a judicial review, the High Court held that the SFO was able to compel a foreign company to produce documents …
Court of Appeal decision in ENRC: orthodoxy restored on litigation privilege, but narrow interpretation of “client” remains for now
The Court of Appeal has today handed down its eagerly awaited decision in the ENRC appeal: The Director of the Serious Fraud Office v Eurasian …
High Court decision supports orthodox view of litigation privilege
The High Court has found that documents prepared by the defendant in the course of an investigation into allegations by HMRC were protected by litigation …
The price of changing experts: disclosure of privileged report
In a recent decision, the Technology and Construction Court granted defendants permission to adduce expert opinion evidence from a second expert, after …
Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd & Anor v Wilkins Kennedy: Court orders disclosure of confidential SFO and client documents
The recent case management decision in Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd and Another v Wilkins Kennedy[2015] EWHC 3050 (TCC) considered an …
RBS's claim to privilege upheld in latest court battle with Property Alliance Group
In a decision handed down earlier today, the High Court has upheld RBS's claim to privilege over certain documents which the bank had been ordered to …
Conflicts of interest and sufficiency of "ethical screens" (information barriers)
A recent decision of the Commercial Court has reinforced the high threshold professional firms must meet to persuade a court as to the adequacy of …
UK Supreme Court refuses to extend privilege to accountants
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