Check your (legal professional) privilege! Briefed: Commercial Law Updates
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What will the seminar cover?The primary purpose of the Courts in any legal system must be to determine the truth. In common law systems, that purpose is generally facilitated by subjecting witnesses to cross-examination and requiring parties to disclose and produce relevant documents. However, in certain cases, one may resist giving relevant information or producing relevant documents by invoking the doctrine of legal professional privilege.The history of legal professional privilege stretche...
What will the seminar cover?The primary purpose of the Courts in any legal system must be to determine the truth. In common law systems, that purpose is generally facilitated by subjecting witnesses to cross-examination and requiring parties to disclose and produce relevant documents. However, in certain cases, one may resist giving relevant information or producing relevant documents by invoking the doctrine of legal professional privilege.The history of legal professional privilege stretche...
55 min