Legal Professional Privilege
Liz HeffernanAt last, an authoritative guide to legal professional privilege for the Irish Legal Practitioner
Having a thorough and clear understanding of legal professional privilege is essential to every Irish legal practitioner, but until now there has been no comprehensive guide to the subject.
Legal Professional Privilege provides the first in depth treatment of this, the most prominent of evidentiary privileges, which entitles a client to withhold relevant information from disclosure in legal proceedings.
Detailed analysis and commentary
The invaluable resource locates the subject in its doctrinal and procedural contexts and examines the two principal strands of legal professional privilege: legal advice privilege which protects from disclosure confidential communications between the lawyer and client, and litigation privilege which protects information prepared or gathered by the lawyer in preparation for litigation.
A range of issues relating to privilege are discussed including the role of privilege in discovery and disclosure and the circumstances in which privilege may be waived.
Up to date with the latest legislation and case law
You are probably aware that there are countless cases that have impacted on the law in this area. Legal Professional Privilege ensures you are fully up to speed with the latest developments and their implications.
Prominent Irish cases covered include:
Smurfit Parisbas Bank Ltd v AAB Export Finance Ltd [1990] 1 IR 469
Fyffes plc v DCC plc [2005] 1 IR 59
Ahern v Judge Mahon & Others [2008] IEHC 118
Moorview Developments Ltd v First Active plc [2009] 2 IR 788Also detailed, is the impact of a significant recent decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union: Case C-550/07P Akzo Nobel Chemicals Ltd v Commission, judgment of 14 September 2010, [2010] 5 CMLR 19.
In addition, the rules of court relating to discovery also bear on the subject, most notably, the Rules of the Superior Courts 1986 as amended, O 31, r 12 & r 29.Fast and easy access to the information you needAlthough comprehensive, Legal Professional Privilege is designed for ease of use in everyday practice:
It includes critical legal analysis of both substantive and procedural aspects of the subject
It contains analysis of recent case law developments
It is set out in a clear structure and written in an accessible style
It is the only book dedicated to providing concise and comprehensive coverage to legal professional privilege in the Irish courts
Bibliographic detail
ISBN: 978 1 84766 733 5
Publication Date: Apr-11
Format: Hardback
Availability: In Print
List price: €175 / £145
Contents
Introduction
Legal Advice Privilege
Litigation Privilege
Without Prejudice Privilege
Exceptions
Loss of Privilege
Civil Procedure
Expert Evidence in Personal Injuries Litigation
Criminal Procedure
Procedural Accommodations: Informer Privilege
Pre-trial Legal Advice