Sentences with phrase «about privilege protections»

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Taylor Wessing has been ordered to disclose information it held about parties involved in litigation, in a landmark Court of Appeal decision on legal professional privilege under the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA 1998).

Consistent with preserving client confidentiality, attorney work product protection and the attorney - client privilege, you may discuss on this site general scenarios in the form of hypotheticals, so long as there is no risk that another user of this site who lacks independently acquired information about the matter would be able to identify the client or any unique legal strategy involved.

A lawyer may have a duty of confidentiality with regard to information about his or her representation of a client, but because the information is not a part of a confidential communication, it does not benefit from the protection of the privilege.

The Honourable Mrs Justice Simler, sitting alone in the Employment Appeal Tribunal, stated the Employment Judge had correctly applied the relevant legal principles to the facts, but had concerns about whether these meetings had the protection of s111A ERA 1996 or without prejudice privilege.

(1) it is «preferable, for both firms and clients, to afford consultations with a firm's in - house counsel the protection of the attorney - client privilege, even as against the client, so as to «encourage firm members to seek early advice about their duties to clients and to correct mistakes or loses, if possible, to alleviate harm»» to the client;

One of the principal objections raised by the legal profession from the outset has been a concern about the lack of adequate protection for solicitor - client privilege and solicitor - client confidentiality given the potential under the Act and regulations for information held by lawyers to be shared with state agencies.