1979 Waugh v British Railways Board [1979] UKHL 2 (July 12 1979)


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Cite as: [1980] AC 521, [1979] UKHL 2, [1979] 3 WLR 150, [1979] 2 All ER 1169

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Waugh v British Railways Board [1979] UKHL 2 (July 12 1979)

Accident report by servants of railways board in pursuance of practice of board — Partly prepared for safety purposes and partly for obtaining legal advice in anticipation of legal proceedings — Whether latter purpose to be dominant for claim to privilege to succeed — Whether form of wording of report conclusive as to purpose for which prepared.

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