A recent High Court case held that legal advice privilege protects confidential communications passing between a lawyer and his client and does not protect "preparatory" materials even if created for the purpose of enabling lawyers to advise: National Westminster Plc… Read more

The House of Lords has today held in HM Commissioners of Customs and Excise v Barclays Bank plc [2006] UKHL 28 that a bank, when served with a freezing injunction affecting an account held by one of the bank's customers,… Read more

In its second judgment on limitation in just over two months, in Law Society v Sephton & Co (a firm) [2006] UKHL 22, the House of Lords has ruled on when the basic six-year limitation period will start to run… Read more

The Court of Appeal has laid down new guidelines on how the court should exercise its discretion when considering whether to permit a party to enforce a worldwide freezing order (“WFO”) (formerly called a worldwide mareva order), or seek an… Read more

A recent Court of Appeal judgment confirms that, in assessing damages for loss of a chance in litigation, the court should normally have regard to evidence that becomes available after the date the underlying claim would have come to trial.… Read more

A recent House of Lords judgment, Haward v Fawcetts (a firm) [2006] UKHL 9, has set out the basic principles for extending the limitation period in negligence actions where the claimant lacked knowledge of the relevant facts at the time… Read more

A recent Court of Appeal judgment means bad news for defendants and their professional indemnity insurers seeking to defeat a "loss of chance" claim on limitation grounds. Josselyne Cohen v Kingsley Napley [2006] EWCA Civ 66 concerned a claim against… Read more