After months of being in limbo, the House of Lords has finally given its detailed judgment on the long-running Three Rivers case. The ruling earlier this month saw the Law Lords affirm that a client’s confidential communications with legal advisers – on presentational advice as well as strict legal advice – is protected by legal advice privilege.
The judgment’s reception from in-house lawyers has been warm. Piers Le Marchant, European legal director at Lehman Brothers, spoke for the majority of corporate counsel when he welcomed the ruling.
