- Cited — Loreley Financing (Jersey) No 30 Limited v Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited & Ors 2022-11-10
“… seeking advice or to him in giving it may thereafter be subject to disclosure against his will. It is certainly true that in cases such as Balabel v Air India [1988] Ch 317, the court has discountenanced a narrow or nit-picking approach to documents and has ruled out an approach which takes a record of a communication sentence by …”
- Followed — Point West GR Ltd v Bassi & Ors 2020-06-24
“…It follows, therefore, that although the reasoning of the UT on that point has persuasive value it has no precedential value: Balabel v Air-India [1988] Ch 317, 325; Al-Mehdawi v Secretary of State [1990] AC 876, 883.…”
- Followed — The Civil Aviation Authority v Jet2.Com Ltd, R. (on the Application of) 2020-01-28
“…The concept of a “continuum of communications between a client and lawyer” derives from Balabel v Air India [1988] Ch 317 (“Balabel”), to which I shall return shortly (see paragraph 62 and following below).…”
- Cited — Gibbs v Lakeside Developments Ltd 2018-12-21
“…rsed by the House of Lords on a different point, the decision of this court is no longer binding, although it remains persuasive authority: Balabel v Air-India [1988] Ch. 317, 325; R (Al-Mehdawi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [1989] 2 WLR 603, 608. However, since, on my reading, both Parker and Nicholls LJJ took a nar…”
- Cited — Serious Fraud Office (SFO) v Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. Ltd 2018-09-05
“…“… After examining the authorities in detail, Taylor LJ said, at p 330 [in Balabel v Air India [1988] Ch 317 (“Balabel”)]:…”
- Cited — Kerman v Akhmedova 2018-02-27
“…he client the law, but includes “advice as to what should prudently and sensibly done in the relevant legal context”: see Lord Taylor CJ in Balabel v Air India [1988] Ch 317, 330. But where the solicitor is acting not as the client’s legal adviser but as the client’s “man of business”, there will be no legal professional privilege.…”