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High Court: Accountant’s report can be disclosed in litigation

For privilege to apply, there must be a lawyer (i.e. a solicitor or barrister) in the communication for legal advice privilege to apply. Legal advice privilege does NOT extend to other professionals such as accountants. Therefore, in disputes with HMRC for example, (potentially incriminating) communications with an accountant can be disclosed and are not privileged.

Post date 16 October 2020
Post author By Jaron Dosanjh
Post categories In Civil Litigation, Confidentiality, Disclosure, High Court, HMRC, Litigation, Litigation privilege, News, Taxation
Tags Accountants, Confidential communications, Confidentiality, Legal Advice Privilege, Litigation Privilege, Tax Disputes

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Is an email confidential if I copy in a lawyer? Court of Appeal clarifies the scope of legal advice privilege

The Court of Appeal handed down a significant decision on 28 January 2020 in Civil Aviation Authority v R (on behalf of the application of Jet2.com Ltd) [2020]…

Post date 13 February 2020
Post author By Jaron Dosanjh
Post categories In Civil Litigation, Confidentiality, Court of Appeal, Disclosure, Judicial Review, Litigation, Media, Pre-action Protocol
Tags CAA v Jet2, Confidential communications, Emails with a Lawyer

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High Court: Accountant’s report can be disclosed in litigation

Is an email confidential if I copy in a lawyer? Court of Appeal clarifies the scope of legal advice privilege

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