Sentences with phrase «performance as a solicitor»

Not exact matches

[A] ll communications between a solicitor and his client relating to a transaction in which the solicitor has been instructed for the purpose of obtaining legal advice will be privileged, notwithstanding that they do not contain advice on matters of law or construction, provided that they are directly related to the performance by the solicitor of his professional duty as legal adviser of his client.

The claimant, Property Alliance Group (PAG), challenged RBS's claim to privilege over these documents, contending that the role of RBS's solicitors was not confined to the provision of legal advice but extended to the performance of administrative functions (for example, acting as the secretariat for the ESG and attending its meetings) for which privilege could not be claimed.

Our UK specialist immigration solicitors have a tried and tested performance history of providing effective UK visa as well as migration applications, leading customers with the complicated as well as ever - changing UK migration guidelines.

It should be remembered, of course, that privilege (unlike confidentiality) only arises when the client's purpose in supplying that information has been for the obtaining of legal advice and is directly related to the performance by the solicitor of his or her professional duty as the legal adviser of the client.