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February 19, 2020
Sports Direct International Plc v The Financial Reporting Council [2020] EWCA Civ 177
Appeal allowed in apart, upholding claim by Sports Direct to legal professional privilege in response to Financial Reporting Council’s request for production of documents for the purposes of an investigation into the company’s auditors: the judge had erred in ordering disclosure of the privileged documents on the grounds that such disclosure would not infringe Sports Direct’s privilege in those documents.
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February 13, 2020
Joined Cases C 515/17 P and C 561/17 P, Decision of the CJEU on independence of in-house lawyers
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February 10, 2020
Non-disclosure agreements – ACAS guidance
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February 10, 2020
STEP Guidance Note: the effect of the GDPR on trusts and estates
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February 10, 2020
Coronavirus: Government guidance
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February 6, 2020
Hajiyeva v National Crime Agency [2020] EWCA Civ 108 (05 February 2020)
Unexplained Wealth Order upheld by Court of Appeal. The decision examined the meanings of “politically exposed person” and “state-owned enterprise”.
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February 3, 2020
A & E Investments Inc., Robert Kidd v Levy & McRae Solicitors LLP, Jonathan Brown
Scottish decision holding that a success fee gave rise to a conflict of interests.
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February 3, 2020
UK Government guidance outlines actions that UK lawyers practising in EU and EEA-EFTA countries need to take to prepare for the end of the transition period, after 1 January 2021
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February 3, 2020
Sanctions – OFSI guidance updated to address Brexit issues
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January 29, 2020
The Civil Aviation Authority v Jet2.Com Ltd, R. (on the Application of) [2020] EWCA Civ 35
Legal advice privilege – application of the dominant purpose test, and consideration of several other issues. Three Rivers (No. 5) applied but doubt cast on its correctness.
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