The Weekly Law Reports
[2023] 1 WLR 3749
King’s Bench Division
*Al Sadeq v Dechert LLP and others
[2023] EWHC 795 (KB)
2021 Dec 20, 21; 2023 April 5
Murray J
Practice— Disclosure— Legal professional privilege— Law firm assisting clients with criminal investigation into fraud— Claimant bringing civil claim against law firm on ground investigation leading to his unlawful arrest and detention— Law firm resisting disclosure of documents in reliance on legal professional privilege— Whether iniquity exception to legal professional privilege applying— Whether litigation privilege capable of applying if law firm’s clients not party to litigation