Legal professional privilege might be taken to be waived if it would be unfair to allow a client to maintain it.
Citations:
Unreported, 16 May 1997
Cited by:
Cited – Farm Assist Ltd v Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs TCC 12-Dec-2008
The claimant, now in liquidation, sought to have set aside for economic duress the mediated settlement of its dispute with the defendant. The defendant sought disclosure of legal and similar advice given to the claimant.
Held: Paragon Finance . .
Cited – Paragon Finance Plc (Formerly Known As National Home Loans Corporation Plc); etc v Freshfields (a Firm) CA 11-Mar-1999
A client who sues his former solicitor, waives his legal privilege protection, as regards that legal relationship, but that does not require a waiver also, of other privilege with later solicitors instructed in related matters. Lord Bingham LCJ . .
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Legal Professions, Litigation Practice
Updated: 04 May 2022; Ref: scu.521204