Communications between a client and his foreign lawyers were treated as being entitled as a matter of course to the same legal advice privilege as communications with English lawyers in like circumstances.
Judges:
Sir John Wickens V-C
Citations:
(1872) LR 14 Eq 580
Citing:
Approved – Lawrence v Campbell 1859
Legal privilege was claimed in English litigation for communications between a Scottish client and a Scottish solicitor practising in London.
Held: ‘the same principle that would justify an Englishman consulting his English solicitor would . .
Cited by:
Cited – Prudential Plc and Another, Regina (on The Application of) v Special Commissioner of Income Tax and Another SC 23-Jan-2013
The appellants resisted disclosure to the revenue of advice it had received. It claimed legal advice privilege (LAP), though the advice was from its accountants.
Held: (Lords Sumption and Clarke dissenting) LAP applies to all communications . .
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Legal Professions, Litigation Practice
Updated: 06 May 2022; Ref: scu.470879