Calcraft v Guest

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1898
CourtCourt of Appeal
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118 cases
  • JP Morgan Multi-Strategy Fund LP v Macro Fund Ltd
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 30 Mayo 2003
    ...referred to. (8) Briamore Manufacturing Ltd., Re, WLR[1986] 1 W.L.R. 1429; [1986] 3 All E.R. 132, referred to. (9) Calcraft v. Guest, [1898] 1 Q.B. 759; (1898), 78 L.T. 283, not followed. (10) Copeland v. WattsENR(1815), 1 Stark. 95; 171 E.R. 412, referred to. (11) Corsen v. DuboisENR(1816)......
  • Gelatissimo Ventures (S) Pte Ltd and Others v Singapore Flyer Pte Ltd
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 21 Octubre 2009
    ...forwarded the email to the defendant without reservations. In the alternative, the defendant relied on the case of Calcraft v Guest [1898] 1 QB 759 to contend that the privilege in a document is lost once it has been disclosed. Finally, the defendant argued that even if the privilege in the......
  • Schneider v Leigh
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • 30 Marzo 1955
    ...and the Court is not concerned with what might happen if it had been waived. Sir Nathaniel Lindley, Master of the Rolls, said in Calcraft v. Guest, reported in 1898 1 Queen's Bench Division at page 759, at page 701: "I take it that, as a general rule, one may say once privileged, always pri......
  • R v Governor of Pentonville Prison, ex parte Osman
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 30 Marzo 1988
    ... ... 310A–B , D–F , G–H ) ... Calcraft v. Guest [ 1898 ] 1 Q.B. 759 , C.A. applied ... (7) That police powers of search and seizure consequent on a lawful arrest were the same ... ...
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2 firm's commentaries
  • Regulators, the professions and their clients: recent guidance on LPP
    • United Kingdom
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    • 12 Mayo 2020
    ...2284 (Ch), at [56]. 10) R v Derby Magistrates Court, ex p B [1996] AC 487, 503 (HL). The adage can be found as early as Calcraft v Guest [1898] 1 QB 759, 11) R v Derby Magistrates Court, ex p B [1996] AC 487, 507 (HL). 12) R (Morgan Grenfell) v Special Commissioner of Income Tax [2003] 1 AC......
  • Privilege Not Lost Despite Opponent Obtaining Copies Of Documents In Foreign Proceedings
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 28 Marzo 2022
    ...has lawfully obtained a copy of a privileged document, the privilege does not itself prevent use of the document (see Calcraft v Guest [1898] 1 QB 759). It is only possible to prevent use by relying on the court's equitable jurisdiction to restrain a breach of The real issue was whether the......
16 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The No. 11-4, October 2007
    • 1 Octubre 2007
    .... . . 53C plc v P [2006] EWHC 1226 (Ch). . . . . . . . . . . . 60C plc v P [2007] EWCA Crim 1339. . . . . . . . . . 335Calcraft v Guest [1898] 1 QB 759. . . . . . . . . . . 323Carter v Managing Partner of NorthmoreHale Davy & Leake (1995) 183 CLR 121. . . 323Celanese Canada Inc. v Murray De......
  • Public policy and private illegality in the pursuit of evidence
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The No. 21-1-2, January 2017
    • 1 Enero 2017
    ...609; Lloyd vMostyn (1842) 10 M & W 478; Phelps vPrew (1854) 3 E & B 430 at 441; Rattray vRattray(1897) 25 R 315 at 318; Calcraft vGuest [1898] 1 QB 759; Crook vDuncan (1899) 1 F (J) 50 at 52; Ashburton vPape [1913]2 Ch 469 at 473; Hodgson vMacpherson (1913) 7 Adam 118 at 125. Cf, Bell vBlac......
  • Privileges, Protections, and Immunities
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Evidence. Eighth Edition
    • 25 Junio 2020
    ...& Infrastructure Renewal) v Peach , 2011 NSCA 27. 37 With respect to solicitor-client communications, see Calcraft v Guest , [1898] 1 QB 759 (CA). THE LAW OF EVIDENCE 296 involved in the privileged relationship are obliged to safeguard their communications; if they do not, then the privileg......
  • Confidentiality
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Ethics and Criminal Law. Second Edition
    • 19 Junio 2015
    ..., above note 90, ss 22 (counselling), 23 and 463 (accessory after the fact), and s 139 (obstructing justice). 156 Calcraft v Guest , [1898] 1 QB 759 (CA); Descôteaux , above note 10 at 396, n 3 and 400; R v Dunbar (1982), 68 CCC (2d) 13 at 42 [paras 73–74] (Ont CA) [ Dunbar ]. Limited respi......
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