The Court of Appeal’s recent decision in The Civil Aviation Authority v The Queen on the application of Jet2.com Ltd [2020] EWCA Civ 35 found that legal advice privilege (LAP) is subject to a "dominant purpose" test, and also considered how LAP applies in the context of multi-addressee emails which include both lawyers and non-lawyers as recipients.
Julian Copeman, Anna Pertoldi and Maura McIntosh have published an article in PLC Magazine which considers the Jet2.com decision and its implications. Click here for a copy of the article, which first appeared in the March 2020 issue of PLC Magazine: http://uk.practicallaw.com/resources/uk-publications/plc-magazine. Or click here for our previous blog post on the decision.
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