Andrew Higgins

Legal Professional Privilege for Corporations

A Guide to Four Major Common Law Jurisdictions

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 173mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780198702689
• ISBN-10: 019870268X
• Artikelnr.: 40029558

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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