Privilege 2025 - An Update for Litigators & In-House Lawyers

Introduction

Solicitors and their clients benefit from the fundamental protections of legal advice and litigation privilege every single day. Privilege is asserted routinely and is often implicitly and/or unintentionally waived. However, the situation becomes increasingly complex in respect of the protections of privilege attaching to former clients, third parties, and joint parties, which could result in both civil liability, regulatory danger, and reputational risk for solicitors involved.

This webinar is designed to give a concise update on the relevant law governing privilege and confidentiality, and to focus on providing practitioners with practical tips on how to deal with privilege issues (in particular relating to former clients, joint clients, and third parties) as they arise in primary and ancillary litigation.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• An update on key recent developments in the law relating to the application of Legal Advice Privilege and Litigation Privilege generally
• Updates on the interplay between privilege and confidentiality
• Updates on express, implied, and unintentional waiver of privilege
• The impact of claims by former clients upon privilege
• The impact of claims by third parties in respect of privilege owed to a client
• The impact of claims by joint clients in respect of privilege owed to other joint clients
• The approach of the SRA in respect of privilege and confidentiality
• The practicalities of inspection and disclosure in the context of privilege and confidentiality

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Thursday 20th February 2025

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