Legal advice privilege extends to in-house foreign lawyers
The Commercial Court has refused an application for the disclosure of communications between the claimant and members of its in-house legal department in Russia. The Court held that: legal advice privilege extends to communications with foreign lawyers; foreign lawyers do not have to be working in-house, provided they are acting in the capacity or function of a lawyer. It is the "function" of the relationship and not the "status" of the lawyer which is relevant in the case of