What is Without Prejudice?
These are correspondence and other written or oral communications generated as a genuine attempt to settle an existing dispute.
Communications covered by the ‘without prejudice’ rule will not generally be admitted in evidence at a subsequent hearing of the claim. Exceptions to this include cases where there is an issue whether an agreement has actually been reached; where the evidence is required to show that the agreement should be set aside on the ground of misrepresentation, fraud or undue influence; and where exclusion of the evidence would otherwise act as a cloak for perjury, blackmail or other ‘unambiguous impropriety’.
It is possible for communications covered by the ‘without prejudice’ rule to be waived, but this requires the agreement of both parties.
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