Legal professional privilege

Winters v Mishcon de Reya [2008] EWHC 2419 CH; NLJ 24 October

Where there is a joint retainer or where the same solicitors act for two clients in related matters in which they have a common interest, neither client can claim legal professional privilege against the other in relation to documents that come into existence, or communications that passed between them and the solicitors, within the scope of the joint retainer or the matter of common interest concerned.