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Serious Fraud Office v Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Ltd

[2018] EWCA Civ 2006
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Year2018
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Litigation privilege does not extend to documents prepared for the purpose of an internal investigation unless the dominant purpose of creating the documents was in contemplation of adversarial litigation.

Area of Law

evidence

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