Hughes v Biddulph

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtHigh Court of Chancery
Judgment Date08 December 1827
Date08 December 1827

English Reports Citation: 38 E.R. 777

HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY

Hughes
and
Biddulph

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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  • Parsons v Robertson
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    • High Court of Chancery
    • 2 November 1837
    ...the Defendant to hia solicitors, specified in the affidavit to have been written subsequent to the institution of the suit. (See Hughes v. Bidtlulph, 4 Russ. 190.) English Reports Citation: 48 E.R. 761 ROLLS COURT Parsons and Robertson [605] parsons v. robertson. Nov. 2, 1837. The Defendant......
  • Bolton v The Corporation of Liverpool
    • United Kingdom
    • High Court of Chancery
    • 1 January 1834
    ...principles upon which it proceeds, as to the authority of the noble and learned Judge who pronounced it ; I mean the case of Hughes v. Biddulph (4 Russ., 190). I can see no difference between the letters there excepted from the order to produce documents and the cases laid before counsel. T......
  • Bunbury v Bunbury
    • United Kingdom
    • High Court of Chancery
    • 8 November 1839
    ...to the relation of solicitor and client. They cited Nias v. The Northern and Eastern Railway Company (3 Myl. & Cr. 355), Hughes v. Biddulph (4 Russ. 190), Bolion v. The Corporation of Liverpool (1 Myl. & K. 88), Desborough v. Rawlins (3 Myl. & Cr. 515), Greenlaw v. King (1 Beava......
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