Dixons Stores Group Ltd v Thames Television Plc

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1993
Year1993
CourtQueen's Bench Division
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  • Property Alliance Group Ltd v The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 8 June 2015
    ...at 1301). The mere fact a document is headed "without prejudice" is not sufficient to confer the benefit of the privilege ( Dixon Stores Group v Thames Television [1993] 1 All ER 349). The rule is not absolute and "without prejudice" communications may be relied on for a variety of reasons......
  • Miss Katherine Ann Irving v Morgan Sindall Plc
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 15 May 2018
    ...in this case. Furthermore, the issue had been specifically addressed by the Master of the Rolls in the Court of Appeal in Giles [1993] All E.R. p349: “As a general principle it is of course true that a plaintiff's claim for special damage can only succeed to the extent of losses he has act......
  • Decision Nº O/272/07 from Intellectual Property Office - (Trade market), 17 September 2007
    • United Kingdom
    • Intellectual Property Office (United Kingdom)
    • 17 September 2007
    ...it has relevance and does not form part of continuing without prejudice negotiations (Dixons Stores Group Ltd v Thames Television Plc [1993] 1 All E.R. 349). When a solicitor writes "threats" letters on behalf of a client, he has no confidence or legal professional privilege therein, whatev......
  • English & American Insurance Company Ltd v Axa Re SA
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 20 December 2006
    ...correspondence or orally, it can be treated as without prejudice, notwithstanding that it is not expressly so marked: see Dixon Stores Group Ltd v Thames Television plc [1993] 1 All ER 349 at 351 per Drake J. Mr. Phillips contended that the two letters were part of the continuing negotiatio......
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