Part 2Regulation of licensed legal services
Chapter 2Licensed legal services providers
Professional practice etc.
75Professional privilege
1
Subsection (2) applies to any communication made to or by—
a
a licensed provider in the course of its acting as such in its provision of legal services for any of its clients,
b
a designated person (apart from a solicitor or advocate) within the licensed provider who is acting—
i
in connection with its provision of such legal services, and
ii
at the direction, and under the supervision, of a solicitor.
2
The communication is, in any legal proceedings, privileged from disclosure as if the licensed provider or (as the case may be) the person had at all material times been a solicitor acting for the client.
3
Subsection (4) applies to any special provision which—
a
is contained in an enactment or otherwise,
b
relates to a solicitor, and
c
concerns—
i
the disclosure of information with respect to which a claim of professional privilege could be maintained, or
ii
the production, seizure or removal of documents with respect to which such a claim could be maintained.
4
The provision has effect in relation to a licensed provider, and any designated person (apart from a solicitor) within a licensed provider, as it does in relation to a solicitor but with any necessary modifications.
5
This section is without prejudice to any other enactment or rule of law concerning professional or other privilege from disclosure (in particular, as applicable in relation to a solicitor).