Legal professional privilege (LPP) is the convention which, under common law, protects communications between a professional legal adviser and their client from disclosure without the express permission of the client. The basic principle is that it allows people to speak freely when dealing with their legal advisers, safe in the knowledge that the facts which […]
With the increasing proliferation and dissemination of information available online, the debate about the balance between individuals’ right to privacy and the public interest in access to information is waged with increasing ferocity. Google has been fighting a running battle with the European Union over delisting of search results, which has repeatedly seen rulings in […]
