Hughes v Biddulph
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 08 December 1827 |
| Date | 08 December 1827 |
| Court | High Court of Chancery |
English Reports Citation: 38 E.R. 777
HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY
See Minet v. Morgan, 1873, L. R. 8 Ch. 367.
[190] hughes v. biddulph. Dec. 8, 1827. [See Minet v. Morgan, 1873, L. R. 8 Ch. 367.] A Defendant will not be ordered to produce papers containing confidential communications between him and his solicitor, or between his country solicitor and town solicitor, made in the relation of solicitor and client during the progress of the suit, or with reference to it, previous to its commencement. The Defendant had admitted in her answer, that she had in her possession various papers and letters relating to the matters of the suit, but submitted, without assigning any specific reason, that she was not bound to produce them. A list of them was set forth in the schedule. The Vice-Chancellor had made the visual order for their production. An affidavit was subsequently made, that many of the papers and letters wern communications which had passed between her and her country solicitor, Mr. Douglas, or her town solicitor, Mr. "Williams, or between Mr. Douglas and Mr. Williams ; and upon...
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