United Kingdom: Privilege

Our Corporate Energy Transition team has advised the founders of Island Green Power, a UK-based renewable energy developer focused on utility-scale solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects...

Navigating tax disputes with HMRC can be a complex and daunting process. This "need to know" series sheds light on the essential elements. In this note, we cover HMRC's formal information gathering powers.

This article explores the consequences of a recent judgment disapplying/disproving the existence of the shareholder rule...

The recent Privy Council1 case of A&A Mechanical Contractors and Company Ltd v Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad and Tobago)2 provides guidance on without prejudice privilege.

In a surprising move, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) dismissed a dispute involving the proper test to apply when determining whether an unnamed law firm's mixed bag of communications involving both legal advice and discussions of tax preparation was privilege.

In Jinxin Inc v Aser Media PTE Ltd & Others[1], the High Court of England and Wales determined that directors' personal emails and documents on a company's computer system were confidential...

The decision has broad implications for the ambit of privilege during regulatory investigations.

It is well established that the "dominant purpose" test applies in the context of litigation privilege. However, until now, it has been...

In SL Claimants v Tesco plc [2019] EWHC 3315 (Ch), the High Court has held that a solicitor's attendance note did not lose privilege despite the note being disclosed