A recent Hong Kong Court of Appeal judgment has rejected the narrow approach to legal advice privilege established by the English Court of Appeal in Three Rivers No 5 and adopted a broader "dominant purpose" test more akin to the test that applies to litigation privilege.
Maura McIntosh has published a post on Practical Law’s Dispute Resolution blog which considers the decision and its potential implications in England and Wales. Click here to download a copy of the post "Legal advice privilege: is there light after Three Rivers?" (or here for the Practical Law Dispute Resolution blog homepage).
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