Sentences with phrase «successful claim of privilege»

This article has outlined several steps law firms can take to maximize the likelihood of a successful claim of privilege.

Not exact matches

Green rattled through a lengthy catalogue of the SFO's recent achievements: two additional deferred prosecution agreements; a conviction rate by defendant of 89.5 % in the 2016 to 2017 financial year; 14 new investigations; 43 individual and corporate defendants charged and awaiting trials; and a successful challenge to claims of legal professional privilege made by ENRC.

Given the powerful effect of a successful claim to privilege and the relatively limited grounds upon which such a claim can be challenged, it is perhaps only right that evidence in support of such claims should, in exceptional cases, be subject to the scrutiny of cross-examination.