Practical Law

This blog wraps up the key privilege updates for 2022 following on from the earlier post Legal professional privilege: 2022 so far. If you have not read that, it’s a good place to start. Two of the cases discussed in the earlier post have been to the Court of Appeal (spoiler alert: appeals dismissed). Whilst this … Continue reading Legal professional privilege: 2022 wrap up →

Recent years have seen the English courts make a number of significant rulings in the law governing the application of legal professional privilege. Whilst the pace slowed slightly this year, 2022 has seen the courts hand down interesting decisions concerning: the use of privileged documents lawfully obtained in foreign proceedings; the privilege attaching to the … Continue reading Legal professional privilege: 2022 so far →

It isn’t often that a fight over £12,000 makes it all the way to Parliament Square and even less so that it leads to the resolution of a fundamental issue in the law of contract, not to mention the frequency with which a lead decision is delivered in fewer than 20 paragraphs. However, Rock Advertising … Continue reading No oral variation clauses are effective, Supreme Court clarifies →