The Crime/Fraud Exception to Legal Professional Privilege [PDF]
Legal professional privilege' used to lie at the heart of the administration of justice in this country. It protected bona fide communications between lawyer and client from disclosure under all circumstances. Thus, it promoted the seeking of legal advice which was thought to be vital if people were to comply with the law, pursue their civil rights ...
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Deregulation of conveyancing markets in England and Wales [PDF]
There has been much concern in recent years with whether the ‘privilege’ of self- regulation accorded to the professions works for or against the public interest (Federal Trade Commission, 1984; Monopolies and Mergers Commission, 1970, 1976a and 1976b ...
Alan A. Patterson +2 more
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The Future of Inadvertent Disclosure: the Lingering Need to Revise Professional Conduct Rules [PDF]
In recent years, the American Bar Association and state bars have deferred to lawmakers to create a legal solution to the problems associated with inadvertent disclosure.
Schaefer, Paula
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CAVE PECUNIAM: LAWYERS AS LAUNDERERS
The attorney’s trust account is an enticing prospect for criminals seeking ways to launder money acquired illegally, and the attorney whose trust account is abused in this way stands to be branded and punished as a money launderer.
RA Koen, AJ Hamman
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Legal Professional Privilege and the Ascertainment of Truth [PDF]
In the last few years the courts have stretched legal professional privilege to the point of a break with the needs of the administration justice. In one case it was held that where a copy was made of a document which was not itself privileged, the copy became privileged because it was brought about for the purpose of submission to counsel.
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The Public Notary and the Bailiff as Contributors to the Rule of Law
The study focussed on two professional groups: the public notary and the bailiffs’ professions. Indeed, these groups fulfil a particular place within society, which is among other things manifested by the fact that they are subject to a code of ...
Mihaela Carausan
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O potrzebie doskonalenia rozwiązań procesowych w znowelizowanej z dniem 18 stycznia 2015 r. ustawie o ochronie konkurencji i konsumentów [PDF]
Przedmiotem artykułu jest wskazanie niedostatków związanych z nowelizacją ustawy o ochronie konkurencji i konsumentów, która weszła w życie w dniu 18 stycznia 2015 r. W pierwszej kolejności wskazane są instytucje prawne, które nie zostały uwzględnione (a
Maciej Bernatt, Bartosz Turno
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Should Public Relations Experts Ever Be Privileged Persons? [PDF]
This Comment addresses the issue of whether, and under what circumstances, a lawyer’s communications with a public relations expert, whose advice is only valuable to the extent that it is communicated fully and freely with the attorney, will be protected
Gertsberg, Deniza
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Legal professional privilege in corporate criminal investigations
This article considers two areas that arise in the context of corporate criminal investigations relating to claims of legal professional privilege: the extent to which litigation privilege may attach to communications made in the context of such investigations and the difficulty of identifying the client for the purposes of legal advice privilege ...
Stockdale, Michael, Mitchell, Rebecca
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Anything You Say May Be Used Against You : A Proposed Seminar on the Lawyer’s Duty to Warn of Confidentiality’s Limits in Today\u27s Post-Enron World [PDF]
In light of recent developments, the confidence that one\u27s communications with a lawyer will remain sacrosanct today may be badly misplaced. This raises important questions concerning the duty of lawyers: When, to what extent, and in what detail, does
Rothstein, Paul F
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