Legal Professional Privilege – Risks, Waiver & Consequences

Legal Professional Privilege is one of the most contentious communication issues for Legal Practitioners. An error can have devastating consequences for case preparation, negotiations, and the client relationship, leading to financial loss, complaints, and claims. Our presenter will also highlight circumstances in which privilege can be waived and the legal ramifications of ‘selective disclosure’ of advice to third parties. 

This seminar will discuss the key principles of legal professional privilege, the exceptions and limitations, and how they apply in practice and the core obligations, including: 

• The scope of legal professional privilege; 
• Applying the dominant purpose test in practice; 
• The most common or less obvious ways that legal professional privilege can be lost or waived; 
• Inadvertent waiver, including mediations, briefing, multiple parties, and clients. 
• Technology risks of loss of legal professional privilege; 
• Guidance on protecting legal professional privilege, particularly in electronic communications; 
• Recent significant case updates. 

 A must for all legal practitioners! 

What is included:

Videos of the presentation in mp4 format.

Paper materials in pdf format.

* This Webcast does not allow WA practitioners to claim CPD points