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NLJ this week: Al Sadeq v Dechert, legal privilege & the iniquity exception

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19 April 2024
Issue: 8067 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Privilege , Human rights , Fraud , Litigation funding
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The fascinating case of Al Sadeq v Dechert and others [2024] and the boundaries of legal confidentiality and disclosure are covered in this week’s NLJ by Christian Tuddenham, partner, and André Nwadikwa, associate, at Jenner & Block

Al Sadeq concerned legal professional privilege against the backdrop of alleged human rights violations. As Tuddenham and Nwadikwa explain, ‘this decision is relevant to the victims of crime, but also to the commercial litigation funding industry, those with an interest in the outcome of class actions or group litigation, insurers, and certain categories of investor’.

The authors cover the background and proceedings, and look at the ‘iniquity exception’ and its evidential threshold in some depth. They comment that the judgment ‘is pragmatic and reaches conclusions that are clear and of practical application’. They summarise the judge’s analysis.

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