Privilege

A prominent British businessman identified as the subject of allegations of sexual harassment and bullying by a member of the House of Lords, who used parliamentary privilege to circumvent a court injunction, did not suffer a violation of his privacy rights, the European Court of Human Rights has ru

The High Court has determined that no privilege attached to documents allegedly containing legal advice given by a retired solicitor where such advice could not have been provided legitimately by him. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Michael Twomey opined that “one could rega

The High Court has agreed to inspect Bank of Ireland Group’s legally privileged documents following the successful reliance by its employee on the crime/fraud exception to legal privilege. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Ms Justice Nuala Jackson determined: “The present case come

Matheson partners Davinia Brennan, Anne-Marie Bohan, Deirdre Crowley, Carlo Salizzo and Michael Byrne and senior associate Connor Cassidy examine a recent DPC decision dealing with the scope of legal professional privilege restrictions under data protection law. The Data Protection Commission (DPC)