Legal Professional Privilege - Everything You Need to Know

Introduction

Legal professional privilege has been described as a fundamental condition on which the administration of justice as a whole rests, enabling clients to consult their lawyers without fear that those communications will subsequently need to be disclosed in legal proceedings. However, the rules around its operation are complicated and constantly evolving, and getting it wrong can have serious consequences for both clients and their advisors.

This webinar is therefore essential viewing for both private practice and in-house lawyers, providing an update on the latest decisions on legal advice and litigation privilege, the risks of maintaining privilege when using AI tools, and tips on how to deal with the difficult practical issues that can arise in relation to privilege.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Why identifying the corporate client still matters for the purposes of legal advice privilege
• The effect of the Privy Council's decision to abolish the shareholder rule in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd & Ors (2025) for shareholders, directors, and lawyers
• Why use of AI tools such as LLMs might result in a loss of legal professional privilege, and what to do to protect privilege
• The latest developments on the operation of the iniquity exception
• Whether third parties to litigation can rely on litigation privilege
• How to untangle joint privilege from common interest privilege
• Tips on avoiding inadvertent waiver of privilege

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Wednesday 2nd September 2026

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