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{{a|email|}}<nowiki>***</nowiki>[[PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT]]<nowiki>***</nowiki> | {{a|email|}}{{quote|{{legal privilege capsule}}}} | ||
<nowiki>***</nowiki>[[PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT]]<nowiki>***</nowiki> | |||
''This article is about legal professional privilege in a commercial context. For a discussion of privilege in a criminal context, see [[Lucy Letby: waiver of privilege?]]'' | |||
====Be ''very'' careful==== | ====Be ''very'' careful==== | ||
First thing: even if you are a [[Private practice lawyer|private practice]] [[litigation]] lawyer, assuming that [[litigation privilege]] will always apply and that you can say what you like in correspondence concerning litigation, is a bad idea. If your client is guilted into waiving privilege, your cavalier statements might be broadcast live on the BBC. Just ask Amy Prime, a litigation trainee from Womble Bond Dickinson, who sent this to her clients at the Post Office: | First thing: even if you are a [[Private practice lawyer|private practice]] [[litigation]] lawyer, assuming that [[litigation privilege]] will always apply and that you can say what you like in correspondence concerning litigation, is a bad idea. If your client is guilted into waiving privilege, your cavalier statements might be broadcast live on the BBC. Just ask Amy Prime, a litigation trainee from Womble Bond Dickinson, who sent this to her clients at the Post Office: | ||