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Legal professional privilege in relation to a dissolved company in a claim arising from a failed investment in gold dust. See here.  

Legal professional privilege held not to apply to emails between in-house lawyer and employee where the purpose was for gathering information in order to instruct external lawyers, rather than for the in-house lawyer to provide legal advice to the employee. See ...

Legal Risk have been listed as top-tier firm in Legal 500 2018 for Professional Negligence and ranked for Professional Discipline. We are also ranked in Chambers UK 2019 for Professional Negligence and Professional Discipline.

We are delighted to have been recognised by The Times in co-operation with Statista as one of The Best Law Firms 2019. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/legal-risk-best-law-firms-j25bd9hwd  

Costs: solicitors not entitled to payment where they ceased acting without reasonable notice of firm’s closure. See here.

SRA guidance on Government Technical Notice setting out its approach regarding the impact of a ‘no deal’ EU exit scenario on European Economic Area (EEA) lawyers practising in the UK, provision of services and mutual recognition of professional qualifications. See here.

Brexit: further Government guidance in the event of no deal. See here.

Legal professional privilege: Decision of the First-Tier Tribunal Tax Chamber identifying which of certain documents on a conveyancing file involving an offshore company were subject to privilege.  DAC Beachcroft LLP v Revenue & Customs [2018] UKFTT 502 (TC) See here.

Brexit – Further guidance from HM Government: How to prepare if the UK leaves the EU with no deal – GOV.UK See here.

The High Court held that the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) was entitled to production of documents, which were subject to legal professional privilege, when exercising the FRC’s statutory powers.   Parry-Jones v Law Society [1969] 1 Ch. 1 considered. R. (on ...

National Cyber Security Centre Guidance - Board toolkit: five questions for your board's agenda See here.

Serious Fraud Office (SFO) v Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 2006 – Landmark Court of Appeal decision on the scope of legal professional privilege in relation to internal investigations into potential criminal matters. See here.

Employment Appeal Tribunal decision applying the iniquity principle, and so defeating a claim to legal professional privilege. See here.

HM Government Guidance on how to prepare for Brexit if there's no deal. See here.

The Law Commission has published a consultation on electronic execution of documents setting out its views on their validity. See here.

The SRA has published its Risk Outlook 2018/19, see here.

A paper published by Bafin, the German financial services regulator, addresses some of the regulatory and ethical challenges posed by AI.  Although this is aimed at the financial services sector, it is equally relevant to the legal sector. See here.

A new report from the National Cyber Security centre explains how UK law firms of all sizes can protect themselves from common cyber threats. See here.

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Who owns the file? See here. Alternative business structures, see here. Supervision, see here. Entity-based regulation, see here.  

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HM Treasury has updated its Guidance on Monetary penalties for breaches of financial sanctions. See here.

Court of Appeal decision in P&P Property Ltd v Owen White & Catlin LLP and Dreamvar v Mishcon de Reya [2018] EWCA Civ 1082 on liability of solicitors and estate agents in property fraud case. See here.