The Law Society has branded as "outrageous" and "foolish" last week's European ruling that communication between in-house lawyers and internal clients should not benefit from the same legal protection as that between companies and their external advisers. Commenting on last week's judgment in the European Court of First Instance, Law Society chief executive Des Hudson expressed deep concerns that the ruling would set back developments made in improving business practice.
September 24, 2007 at 09:23 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
The Law Society has branded as “outrageous” and “foolish” last week’s European ruling that communication between in-house lawyers and internal clients should not benefit from the same legal protection as that between companies and their external advisers.
Commenting on last week’s judgment in the European Court of First Instance, Law Society chief executive Des Hudson expressed deep concerns that the ruling would set back developments made in improving business practice.
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