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Kyla Shipping v Freight Trading [2022] EWHC 376 (Comm): litigation privilege and investigations by a third party expert
By Andrew Reeves (UK) & Emma Houldsworth on
The recent case of Kyla Shipping grappled with the question of whether, in the circumstances, litigation privilege applied to investigations by a third party expert. The Commercial Court ultimately upheld a challenge to the claimants’ assertion of litigation privilege over an expert report on the basis that it was not prepared for the dominant purpose…