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20 November 2015
Issue: 7677 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Legal professional privilege

Property Alliance Group Ltd v Royal Bank of Scotland plc [2015] EWHC 3187 (Ch), [2015] All ER (D) 67 (Nov)

The Chancery Division held that documents compiled by the defendant bank’s solicitors in the course of proceedings were subject to legal advice privilege and ought not to be disclosed. The documents related to advice given by the solicitors to a high level steering group, and included both confidential memoranda and notes/summaries.

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