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Overview
How can you effectively safeguard your clients’ interests by protecting legal professional privilege (LPP)? This course will equip you with practical strategies to preserve LPP and uphold your professional obligations.
LPP is a cornerstone of the administration of justice, enabling clients to communicate openly with their lawyers which in turn ensures accurate and effective legal advice.
However, there are many complexities and pitfalls associated with LPP which lawyers must successfully navigate to safeguard their clients’ interests and uphold professional standards.
This course clarifies the fundamentals of LPP including its scope, elements and practical operation. It also explores the more complex challenges including the limitations, exclusions and exceptions to LPP, as well as waiver. It provides practical tips for you to protect LPP, as well as exploring real-world scenarios illustrating the potential pitfalls and complexities of LPP.
Published: September 2024
Key takeaways
- Understanding LPP: Explore the scope, key elements and practical operation of LPP.
- Complexities and Challenges: Understand the limitations, exclusions and exceptions to LPP, and the consequences of waiver.
- Professional Obligations: Learn how to best uphold your obligations to clients.
- Practical Tips: Implement practical strategies for preserving privilege and safeguarding your clients’ interests.
- Recent Developments: Explore recent cases illustrating the application and complexities of LPP in practice.
Meet the expert
Karen is the principal of Legal Know-How, a legal consulting practice which provides expert legal advice and user-friendly knowledge management solutions to financial institutions, large corporates, SMEs and law firms.Â
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C. Hardy, SolictorSafeguarding Legal Professional Privilege How can you effectively safeguard your clients’ interests by protecting legal professional privilege (LPP)? This course will equip you with practical strategies to preserve LPP and uphold your professional obligations.LawCPD
Safeguarding Legal Professional Privilege
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