COURT OF APPEAL FURTHER CONSIDERS LITIGATION PRIVILEGE
There have been a number of recent cases clarifying and redefining the scope of legal professional privilege. The latest decision of the Court of Appeal of 30 November 2018 in
BIRCH (A PARTNERSHIP) V LLOYD AND ANOTHER
Financial integrity is one of the major concerns in the construction industry and will probably not have been allayed any by news that a record £1m was paid out every
REGULATORY INVESTIGATIONS AND PRIVILEGE
There has been some significant judicial authority on the scope of legal professional privilege in recent months. The Court of Appeal has already ruled in Director of the Serious Fraud Office
HOLDING ON TO PRIVILEGE
Any well-run organisation will want to have a mechanism in place for the proper investigation of complaints or suggestions of error but to what extent might such honest self-scrutiny further
NEW SUPREME COURT RULING IN PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE CASE
BPE SOLICITORS AND ANOTHER (RESPONDENTS) V HUGHES-HOLLAND (IN SUBSTITUTION FOR GABRIEL) (APPELLANT) [2017] UKSC 21 (GABRIEL V LITTLE) On 22 March 2017, The Supreme Court upheld the Court of Appeal’s
CAYTONS LAW & HAILSHAM CHAMBERS PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY SEMINAR 2017
The annual Caytons Law and Hailsham Chambers seminar for the London professional indemnity market was held at the Banking Hall in Cornhill and covered two topics of interest to Insurers.
CHANGE IN DISCOUNT RATE FOR PERSONAL INJURY CLAIMS
As has been widely reported by now, the Lord Chancellor has set a new statutory discount rate under the Damages Act 1996, to be implemented when calculating damages for future
INTERNATIONAL FIRM HAS WINGS CLIPPED IN HIGH COURT PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE PROCEEDINGS
International law firm Bird & Bird may have had their feathers ruffled by the High Court’s apparent decision to order payment of £1.8 million to their former client Orientfield Holdings
