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Solicitor-own client costs assessment can be held in private (Court of Appeal)
Practical Law UK Legal Update Case Report 9-626-8106 (Approx. 7 pages)
Solicitor-own client costs assessment can be held in private (Court of Appeal)
In Dechert LLP v Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 375, the Court of Appeal considered whether detailed assessment proceedings of solicitor-own client costs should be heard in private under CPR 39.2 on the grounds that any waiver of legal professional privilege by the client, who was subject to a continuing SFO investigation, was limited to enabling its solicitors to contest the challenge to their bill.
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Published on 21-Apr-2016
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