Lovells partner Andrew Foyle is this week attempting to overturn an order from the US courts for him to give evidence relating to client British American Tobacco (BAT) in a key ruling for
professional legal privilege.

As Legal Week went to press, the senior litigator was appearing before the UK’s Court of Appeal to argue that a US ruling in December calling for Foyle to give evidence in the US Government’s $260bn (£140bn) lawsuit against tobacco giants BAT and Philip Morris should be rejected.