Exploring legal professional privilege, without prejudice privilege, and the evolving implications of artificial intelligence (AI) on privilege.
This series of bitesize videos, exclusive to Dispute Resolution Section members, is delivered by experts to support you in giving the best possible legal advice to your clients.
Legal professional privilege
Our speakers highlight the significance of legal professional privilege in safeguarding client-lawyer communications and supporting justice.
They explain the two forms of legal professional privilege, legal advice privilege and litigation privilege, and offer practical advice on preserving and protecting privilege.
Speakers include:
- Katherine Harper, knowledge and innovation lawyer at Goodwin Procter and chair of the Dispute Resolution Section
- Colin Passmore, client development partner and former senior partner at Simmons & Simmons, author of leading textbook Privilege
Other relevant resources that may be useful include:
Our practice note on legal professional privilege
Emilie Jones and Alan Sheeley, ‘a focus on litigation privilege: lessons from recent case law’
Guidance from the SRA on legal professional privilege when working in-house
Professional development opportunities for lawyers: Legal professional privilege
Next in the Series…
In our next instalment of this back to basics: privilege series, our speakers will explore the intersection of AI and privilege, considering how emerging technologies affect the protection of confidential and privileged communications.
They will also examine the challenges and opportunities AI presents in preserving privilege within legal practice.
The video was recorded on the following date:
17 Jan 2025: legal professional privilege