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Peter Hayden

Partner | Cayman Islands

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Litigation is not a game: litigation privilege should be narrowly construed

16 November 2016

In an important unanimous decision adopting a modern, open and transparent approach in relation to claims for litigation privilege, the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal has overturned a first instance decision which had allowed a party to assert litigation privilege and refuse to give discovery of witness statements served in foreign legal proceedings on essentially the same matters as those in issue in the Cayman Islands proceedings.

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Peter Hayden

Peter Hayden

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