HC Deb 29 June 1993 vol 227 cc903-4

Amendments made: No. 28, in page 29, line 26, leave out from 'not' to end of line 30 and insert 'make it an offence for a professional legal adviser to fail to disclose any information or other matter which has come to him in privileged circumstances.'.

No. 29, in page 30, line 17, at end insert—

'(8A) For the purposes of this section, any information or other matter comes to a professional legal adviser in privileged circumstances if it is communicated, or given, to him—

  1. (a) by, or by a representative of, a client of his in connection with the giving by the adviser of legal advice to the client;
  2. (b) by, or by a representative of, a person seeking legal advice from the adviser; or
  3. (c) by any person—
    1. (i) in contemplation of, or in connection with, legal proceedings; and
    2. (ii) for the purpose of those proceedings.

(8B) No information or other matter shall be treated as coming to a professional legal adviser in privileged circumstances if it is communicated or given with a view to furthering any criminal purpose.'.

No. 30, in page 31, line 9, leave out subsection (4) and insert—

'(4) Nothing in subsections (1) to (3) above makes it an offence for a professional legal adviser to disclose any information or other matter—

  1. (a) to, or to a representative of, a client of his in connection with the giving by the adviser of legal advice to the client; or
  2. (b) to any person—
    1. (i) in contemplation of, or in connection with, legal proceedings; and
    2. (ii) for the purpose of those proceedings.

(4A) Subsection (4) above does not apply in relation to any information or other matter which is disclosed with a view to furthering any criminal purpose.'.—[Mr. Maclean.]

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