Legal professional privilege should not apply in a case where there is a “very good arguable case” that a client used global firm DLA Piper’s services to assist a fraud, the High Court has ruled.

The judgment did not suggest that DLA was knowingly involved in the fraud alleged against Harvey Boulter and his company, Porton Capital Ltd (PCL).

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/high-court-removes-privilege-in-fraud-claim-involving-top-law-firm