BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS
OF ENGLAND AND WALES
COMMERCIAL COURT (QBD)
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B e f o r e :
(In Private)
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FORTIMAT PROPERTIES S.A. |
Claimant |
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PINSENT MASONS LLP |
Defendant |
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MR S. GOLDSTONE (instructed by Kennedys LLP) appeared on behalf of Defendant.
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MR JUSTICE JACOBS:
There shall be a half-day hearing ("the Privilege Hearing") as soon as practicable … in the Trinity term 2022 (if possible) to determine the issue whether there are privileged documents as between Fortimat and Pinsent Masons which the Court will need to consider at trial in order fairly to resolve Fortimat's claim against [Pinsent Masons] (in relation to which the claimant must give examples of what those documents are said to be).
"All communications between a solicitor and his client relating to a transaction in which the solicitor has been instructed for the purpose of obtaining legal advice will be privileged, notwithstanding that they do not contain advice on matters of law or construction, provided that they are directly related to the performance by the solicitor of his professional duty as legal advisor of his client."