Peter Johnston

Solicitor, Mason Hayes & Curran LLP

I am a Dispute Resolution Partner. I act for domestic and international clients across a broad spectrum of complex commercial disputes and contentious regulatory matters. My advice is consistently commercially grounded, with particular depth in financial services litigation, shareholder disputes and aviation/transportation insurance disputes.

I take the lead on large-scale regulatory inquiries, managing all associated legal workstreams, and bring substantial experience in expedited proceedings before the Commercial Court. I also advise professionals and their insurers on negligence claims spanning a range of disciplines, as well as partnerships navigating internal disputes.

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Ireland—Legal professional privilege: application to in-house counsel

Practice Notes

This Practice Note will assist in-house lawyers in Ireland in the practical application of legal professional privilege (LPP) within their business. This note addresses:•legal advice privilege, and•litigation privilegebeing the two forms of LPP, and considers:•the duration of each type•how LPP may be waived, and•any exceptions to the application of LPP to communications of in-house lawyersWhat is LPP?LPP is a composite term for:•legal advice privilege, and•litigation privilegeLPP protects the confidentiality of written and oral communications from disclosure to a third party.Legal advice privilegeLegal advice privilege protects confidential communications between a lawyer and their client, which are made for the purpose of giving or receiving legal advice. Such communications may be oral or written.Duration of legal advice privilegeLegal advice privilege attaches to the communication indefinitely and persists beyond the lawyer/client relationship. Therefore, once properly asserted the communication

Ireland - Dispute Resolution