Legal Professional Privilege for Corporations - A Guide to Four Major Common Law Jurisdictions

Zusatztext Undoubtedly destined to become a definitive work in this difficult and invariably controversial area of law, this book will be welcomed by corporate lawyers working not just in the United Kingdom, but in the other three common law jurisdictions. Informationen zum Autor Andrew Higgins is a lecturer in civil procedure at the University of Oxford. He teaches civil procedure on the BCL/MJur programme, and has taught tort and contract at New College and University College Oxford. Andrew is also a practicing barrister at the Victorian Bar, specialising in complex civil litigation and class actions. Klappentext An account of legal professional privilege for corporations, this title examines the approaches of four major common law jurisdictions: the UK, Australia, Canada and the United States. It will act as an invaluable to guide to practitioners and judges trying to ascertain whether a corporate communication will attract privilege. Zusammenfassung An account of legal professional privilege for corporations, this title examines the approaches of four major common law jurisdictions: the UK, Australia, Canada and the United States. It will act as an invaluable to guide to practitioners and judges trying to ascertain whether a corporate communication will attract privilege. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: The Evolving Rationale for Legal Professional Privilege 3: The Corporate Client 4: The Corporation's Legal Advisers 5: The Corporation's Purpose 6: Control of Corporate Privilege 7: Waiver and Loss of Corporate Privilege 8: The Crime-Fraud Exception and Procedural Aspects of Privilege 9: Re-examining the Scope of Corporate Privilege

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• Autori: Andrew Higgins, Andrew (Lecturer Higgins, Higgins Andrew
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 20.03.2014
• EAN: 9780198702689
• ISBN: 978-0-19-870268-9
• Pagine: 320
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; LAW / Civil Procedure, LAW / Commercial / General, LAW / Ethics & Professional Responsibility, LAW / Civil Law, LAW / Litigation, Commercial law, Systems of law: civil codes / civil law, Legal Ethics & Professional Conduct, Legal ethics and professional conduct, Civil procedure, litigation & dispute resolution, Civil codes / Civil law