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UK court rules regulators can’t demand lawyer-client communications

London’s High Court ruled English legal regulators cannot demand lawyer-client communications when investigating misconduct allegations, after a challenge by Carter-Ruck and its political donor client Mohamed Amersi.

London's High Court ruled on Monday that English legal regulators cannot demand lawyer-client communications when investigating misconduct allegations, after a challenge by the law firm Carter-Ruck and its political donor client. The case involved Carter-Ruck and Mohamed Amersi, who has donated to the then-gove…