Overview

A summary of the latest EU and UK litigation-related developments and important cases decided in the courts, including:

• Court of Appeal to consider scope of legal professional privilege
• Advocate General opinion: No legal professional privilege for in-house lawyers in EU competition investigations
• A new e-disclosure practice direction and questionnaire to be introduced
• Key legal appointments within the coalition government
• Fraudulent derivatives trading - recovery of damages for lost opportunity to trade
• European Commission to launch broad consultation on collective actions before progressing proposals for competition claims
• The Limit of Contractual Damages addressed by the Commercial Court
• The Bribery Act receives Royal Assent
• The Review of the Brussels Regulation and the efficacy of jurisdiction and arbitration clauses
• Disclosure of confidential settlement agreements
• Other contentious publications

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