1 Ethics and Professional Responsibility

Safeguarding Legal Professional Privilege

LawCPD author: Karen Lee
Karen Lee
Principal Legal Know-How
Rating:
4.8/5
$129
1 CPD Point
1 hour

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Self-Paced Completion
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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.

 

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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

LawCPD author: Karen Lee
Karen Lee
Principal Legal Know-How

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. 

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Reviews

  1. 5.0/5
    A well-delivered and practical course on Legal Professional Privilege.
    It clarified key distinctions between legal advice and litigation privilege, and provided useful guidance on how to maintain privilege in everyday legal work. The case examples and scenarios were particularly helpful in reinforcing the theory.
  2. 4.0/5
    Good overview
    The course provides a good overview of the concepts involved in LPP and their practical application and pitfalls.
  3. 5.0/5
    Excellent.
    The content was detailed but clearly and logically presented.

    Mark Allen, Solicitor.
  4. 5.0/5
    Helpful review
    Thus course was easy to follow and gave a broad overview of Legal Professional Privilege.
  5. 4.0/5
    A good overview and revision of LPP
    A good training course which includes references to statutes, case law, and practical guidance.
  6. 5.0/5
    Fabulous course
    This was an exceedingly well structured, well presented and easily digestible course on a complex and interesting subject.
  7. 5.0/5
    This is very comprehensive but easy to follow course
    The content was easy to absorb and the exam questions were clear and consistent with the course content.
  8. 5.0/5
    Succinct and relevant
    Succinct and relevant content, including for in-house counsel, and addressing challenges associated with digital communications.

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1 Ethics

Safeguarding Legal Professional Privilege

$129
Rating:
4.8/5