WH Holding Ltd and Another v E20 Stadium Llp: CA 30 Nov 2018

This expedited appeal raises issues as to: the scope of litigation privilege; the grounds upon which the court will be prepared to inspect documents where there is a challenge to the assertion of privilege; and the application of the ‘dominant purpose’ test in relation to documents produced for more than one reason.

Judges:

Sir Terence Etherton MR, Lord Justice Lewison and Lady Justice Asplin

Citations:

[2018] EWCA Civ 2652

Links:

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedKyla Shipping Co Ltd and Another v Freight Trading Ltd and Others ComC 22-Feb-2022
Litigation Privilege
Defendants challenged the claimants assertion of litigation privilege and contended for a waiver of any privilege which entitles them to disclosure of additional materials referred to in a witness statement.
Held: ‘I dismiss the waiver of . .
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Litigation Practice

Updated: 23 March 2022; Ref: scu.630778