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Privilege for In-house Lawyers

Join in-house lawyer, Johnny Fowler, and litigation partner, Nick Frith, for a focused but light-hearted recap on privilege, including core principles, their application to in-house practice, and a quick peek ahead at challenges and developments on the horizon.  If you missed their sell out 2025 ILANZ Conference presentation on privilege, now’s your chance to catch up.

This Webinar will Include:

  • A recap on the basics of legal, litigation and settlement privilege.
  • Practical tips: ideas to help you educate and train non-legal staff, guideline for templates so you aren’t inventing the wheel under time pressure and a discussion on what ‘good enough’ looks like in an in-house context.
  • Important case law developments
  • Broader themes, including the fraught topic of artificial intelligence. 

Johnny Fowler 
Johnny Fowler is Head of Legal at Northpower dealing frequently in contracting, construction, property, disputes, and regulatory/compliance work in the energy and infrastructure sector.  He is passionate about accessibility of the law and the delivery of legal education to non-lawyers.  He is formerly a dispute resolution lawyer, having worked for MinterEllisonRuddWatts and DLA Piper.

Nick Frith
Nick Frith is a Partner in the dispute resolution team at MinterEllisonRuddWatts, listed as a ‘Next Generation Partner’ in the dispute resolution and insurance categories of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific directory, as well as being rated as a ‘Rising star partner’ in the IFLR-1000’s Restructuring and Insolvency Guide. He was also named one of NZ Lawyer’s 2022 Rising Stars. His advice has been described in the Legal 500 directory by clients as “spot on” and “commercially practical” and he is ranked as "Up and Coming" in the insurance section of Chambers' Asia-Pacific Guide.
Nick regularly advises clients on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious matters. He represents domestic and overseas clients, including major banks, other financial institutions and their stakeholders; insolvency practitioners, companies in financial distress and their stakeholders; and insurers, global and boutique insurance brokers, and insureds.