Privileged communications
13 September 2012
The ‘without prejudice’ rule generally prevents parties in a dispute from using details of settlement negotiations. But there are exceptions, as Alan Ma explains
Generally, all communications between parties in a dispute are admissible in evidence in court. But there are exceptions to this principle on grounds that the communications are privileged, one of which is the “without prejudice” rule.
The rule means that nothing said during negotiations between parties or via their advisers genuinely aimed at achieving a...