With concerns about terrorism on the rise after the Lindt Café siege in Martin Place, the importance placed upon civil liberties and protections is on the decline. That shift has even impacted on ‘legal professional privilege’, which provides that communications between lawyers and their clients are to remain confidential. It has been reported, for example, that police cited concerns about terrorism to justify listening to conversations between a lawyer and his client at Surry Hills Police Cells. Our latest Blog post has more about the erosion of legal professional privilege in the current environment.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 08:26:38 +0000
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