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Evidence Act 1893 s 131

Evidence Act 1893 s 131

s 131 Confidential communications with legal advisers

131.—(1) No one may be compelled to disclose to the court any confidential communication which has taken place between him or her and his or her legal professional adviser unless he or she offers himself or herself as a witness, in which case he or she may be compelled to disclose any such communications as may appear to the court necessary to be known in order to explain any evidence which he or she has given, but no others.[4/2012] (2) In subsection (1) and section 129, “legal professional adviser” means —(a) an advocate or solicitor; or (b) in the case of any communication which has taken place between any officer or employee of an entity and a legal counsel employed, or deemed under section 128A(4) or (5) to be employed, by the entity in the course and for the purpose of seeking his or her legal advice as such legal counsel, that legal counsel.[4/2012]

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