Topic: Privilege and disclosure

Discussing the recent decision in JSC Commercial Bank Privatbank v Kolomoisky & Ors [2024] EWHC 1837 (Ch).

Privilege in investigations part 2

Catch up on important legal developments in the past 4 months

In our third episode of the Inside Investigations podcast series, Thomas Hubbard (Senior Associate, Investigations, Enforcement and Compliance team, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, London) is joined by Alexander Cappel (Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, Frankfurt), Rongxin Huang (Partner, Shanghai Pacific Legal, Shanghai) and Kevin Harnisch (Head of White Collar Defense and Investigations, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, Washington) to discuss privilege in investigations.

Discussing Gorbachev v Guriev [2024] EWHC 622 (Comm), where the High Court held that a voluntary waiver of privilege may inadvertently result in a wider waiver of other privileged material.

A brief round-up of important recent cases, procedural developments and hot topics for businesses to help in-house counsel stay up to date.

Discussing the Court of Appeal's landmark judgment in Al Sadeq v Dechert LLP & Ors [2024] EWCA Civ 28.

Discussing the decision in The Public Institution for Social Security v Al-Wazzan & Ors [2024] EWHC 480 (Comm) which acts as a useful reminder that a litigant can be considered to have control over documents held by a third party even where the litigant has no legal right to those documents, for the purposes of disclosure.

The High Court has held it should be a condition for granting Norwich Pharmacal relief that the application is made for a legitimate purpose.

Catch up on important legal developments in the past 4 months.