The words ‘pending’ or ‘anticipated’ in the subsection were the words habitually used in connection with legal professional privilege, and ‘The privilege only obtains if litigation is ‘pending or anticipated’, and in that connection it is well settled that a mere vague apprehension of litigation generally is not sufficient . . .’
Judges:
Denning LJ
Citations:
[1951] 2 KB 937
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – United States of America v Philip Morris Inc and Others and British American Tobacco (Investments) Ltd CA 23-Mar-2004
The defendants appealed orders requiring them to produce evidence for use in the courts in the US.
Held: It was the pleasure and duty of British courts to respond positively to a letter of request. Public interest required that a court should . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Legal Professions, Evidence
Updated: 31 July 2022; Ref: scu.195748