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Quinn v Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Limited 2015 IEHC 315A recent Commercial Court judgment in respect of an application for further and better discovery by the plaintiff, decided that the defendants were entitled to assert privilege over certain documents as they were documents which were generated for the dominant purpose of engaging with the regulatory and investigative processes involving the Financial Regulator and the Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement...
Quinn v Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Limited 2015 IEHC 315
A recent Commercial Court judgment in respect of an application for further and better discovery by the plaintiff, decided that the defendants were entitled to assert privilege over certain documents as they were documents which were generated for the dominant purpose of engaging with the regulatory and investigative processes involving the Financial Regulator and the Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement. This clarification is of assistance to regulatory and investigatory bodies when considering the discovery of documents and the issue of litigation privilege.
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