Privilege is very much a buzzword at the moment in legal
circles. A recent Court of Appeal case in England involving a
conversation overheard in a pub and a leaked email has tested the
boundaries of privilege, in particular the rather delightfully
named iniquity principle.
Summary
Mr Curless was an in-house lawyer working for Shell. He had
raised earlier claims of disability discrimination in August 2015
and had an ongoing employment tribunal claim and an internal
grievance arising out of these allegations. Due to an acquisition
in February 2016, Shell was looking to reorganise its legal
department. Mr Curless was placed in a redundancy process in
October 2016 and ultimately made redundant in January 2017.
