We know that
accountants give legal advice every day.
I have not read the unanimous decision closely to see if it might provide any comfort for
accountants giving legal advice.
Not exact matches
I am not a lawyer or
accountant and am not
giving legal advice.
At the same time as the justices in Re A were briefly deliberating, seven justices (Lords Neuberger, Clarke and Reed were common to both constitutions) were addressing the subject of privilege in the context of
legal advice (R (Prudential plc and anor) v Special Commissioner of Income Tax [2013] UKSC 1:
legal advice privilege does not apply to
advice on law
given by
accountants).
Mediators like
accountants plainly fall outside the protection of
legal professional privilege, which attaches to communications between lawyers and their clients by virtue of the status of the lawyer as such, rather than merely because a person is
giving legal advice.
Acting as
legal representative for the owner of a property business with a substantial professional negligence claim against the company's former
accountants for
advice given regarding VAT.
We have established many strong relationships with
accountants, IP agents, banks and investors, which helps us to
give you not only first - class
legal advice but strong business
advice.
The Prudential case involved the issue of whether the Prudential could refuse to withhold certain documents on the ground that the documents were covered by
legal advice privilege, where the
legal advice had been
given by
accountants in relation to a tax avoidance scheme.
Is there any Canadian law on privilege for
legal advice given by
accountants, or would a Canadian court be shocked, shocked!
The Court had no problem with the idea that
accountants might
give legal advice, finding it common in tax matters.