SHOULD THE ASSESSMENT OF COSTS BE IN PUBLIC OR IN PRIVATE? WHEN IS LEGAL PROFESSIONAL PRIVILEGE WAIVED?

In Eurasian Natural Resources Ltd -v- Dechert LLP [2014] EWHC 3389 Mr Justice Roth addressed the issue of whether an assessment of solicitor and own client costs should be in private or in public. The judgment also considers important issues in relation to the waiver of legal professional privilege ...