This Practice Note considers the general principles, meaning and rationale behind privilege. It identifies the different types of privilege, including...
This Practice Note considers legal professional privilege (LPP), which is made up of legal advice privilege and litigation privilege. It considers the...
This Practice Note looks at loss of privilege in civil litigation in the context of legal professional privilege (LPP) and in particular considers the...
There are two types of conflict: own interest conflicts and client conflicts of interest. This Practice Note explains when you can act if there is or...
There are two types of conflict: own interest conflicts (sometimes called solicitor-client conflicts) and client conflicts of interest. This Practice...
Protection of confidential information is fundamental to your relationship with clients, both as a matter of law and as a matter of conduct. This duty...
The protection of confidential information is a fundamental feature of the solicitor-client relationship and a core professional principle. Solicitors...
Protection of confidential information is fundamental to your relationship with clients, both as a matter of law and as a matter of conduct. This duty...
There are two types of conflict: own interest (sometimes called solicitor-client conflicts) and client conflict. You can never act where there is an...
As a general principle, legal advice from a solicitor to their client is subject to legal advice privilege. For such privilege to attach, the advice...
There are two types of conflict: own interest conflicts (sometimes called solicitor-client conflicts) and client conflict. This Practice Note explains...
1Introduction1.1This policy covers three separate situations:1.1.1the firm acting for one of our partners/employees, alone or jointly with an external...
There are two types of conflict: own interest and client conflict. This Practice Note explains when you can act if there is or may be an own interest...
There is nothing essentially wrong with law firms employing non-lawyers or with law firms engaging with lawyers or non-lawyers to drive clients. The...