Lakatamia Shipping Co Ltd v Su & Ors [2021] EWHC 2702 (Comm)

A review of the authorities on the wasted costs jurisdiction pursuant to s.51(6) of the Senior Courts Act 1981, including a reminder (of wider application) that ‘a solicitor has a regulatory and legal duty to uphold any arguable rights of legal professional privilege the client … may have’ and ‘the significant risk of own interest conflict…means a solicitor cannot advise his client on either (i) whether rights of privilege subsist, or (ii) whether to waive any rights of privilege that do subsist. It is therefore necessary to advise the client to obtain independent legal advice…’

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