September - 2018

UPDATE: Director of the Serious Fraud Office v Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation [2018] EWCA Ci

The Court of Appeal has allowed Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation's (ENRC) appeal against a highly controversial earlier Commercial Court decision that had threatened to significantly narrow the scope of legal professional privilege. The judgment, delivered on 5 September 2018 by the President of the Queen's Bench Division Sir Brian Leveson, Chancellor of the High Court Sir Geoffrey Vos and Lord Justice McCombe, held that documents prepared during internal and regulatory

Cape Intermediate Holdings Limited v Graham Dring [2018] EWCA Civ 1795

This case has now been updated. View our article on the most recent judgement here. Court of Appeal clarifies the extent of non-party’s right to obtain access to documents in court proceedings in Cape Intermediate Holdings Limited v Graham Dring [2018] EWCA Civ 1795. Background An application was made by the Asbestos Victims Support Groups Forum UK ("AVSGF”), under CPR r.5.4(C), to access a wide range of documents involving insurance for various asbestos related payments used