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Article: Three Rivers: A Further Narrowing of the Scope of Legal Advice Privilege.(case study)
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
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- December 23, 2003
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By Neil Jamieson and Simon Schooling
The High Court made a further ruling on the scope of legal advice privilege in its judgment of 4 November 2003. The Court has further narrowed the scope of the privilege, interpreting the principles of the Court of Appeal's decision in the same case in April 2003. In this article we review the implications for clients consulting solicitors about participating in non-adversarial matters.
Solicitors' advice on presentational issues may not attract legal advice privilege, the High Court has held in a further ruling in Three Rivers. The decision reduces the scope of legal advice privilege substantially.
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