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The Court of Appeal of England and Wales has recently handed down an important and practical decision on the principle and scope of legal advice (as opposed to litigation) privilege. The appeal, made within the context of judicial review proceedings brought by Jet2 against the UK Civil Aviation Authority, raises a number of important issues concerning LAP.

The English High Court confirmed the default position of requiring disclosure of a first expert’s report or draft report where a party seeks to change experts without good explanation.

A decision of the English High Court released last week deals with the important issue of default judgments and specifically how enforcing a default judgment in other jurisdictions can be difficult if the judgment is not on the merits. The decision will be of interest to both offshore and onshore practitioners.

The Privy Council handed down its decision in Pearson v Primeo Fund on 27 January 2020, the latest episode in the seemingly endless aftermath of the Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Bernard Madoff.

In its recent costs ruling in Re Adamas Asia Strategic Opportunity Fund Limited (in Voluntary Liquidation), the Cayman Grand Court rejected a fund manager’s argument that costs should not follow the event as it had acted reasonably in opposing a supervision order and the appointment of official liquidators.

In UUU v BBB [2019] EWHC 3190 (QB), the English High Court ordered the continuation of interim restraining relief against a Defendant who had been seeking to blackmail the Claimant into settling a contractual dispute.