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Entries Tagged as 'Client Legal Privilege'

Robyn Tampoe, Schapelle Corby's solicitor

July 6th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Update, 7 July 2008: Watch the video of Tampoe slagging off his client here.
Original post: Lawyers and their regulators should care about the Corby case, because at the relevant time, a lot of people loved Schapelle and Schapelle does not now much like her lawyers. One of them has hit back, calling the Corbys [...]

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Tags: "disgraceful and dishonourable" · Client Legal Privilege · Ethics · Fiduciary duties · Misconduct · advertising · duties of confidentiality · duties regarding witnesses · duty to court · litigation ethics

Getting documents out of insurers

December 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

If I recall correctly, one of my first contested hearings as a young solicitor was about whether the claim for privilege over a loss adjuster's report in an affidavit of documents drafted by me was kosher.  I went on to write an article on the subject in that august journal, the newsletter of Women in [...]

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Tags: Client Legal Privilege · legal professional privilege