Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010

85Privileged materialS
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(1)Subsection (2) applies to the publication under this Part of any—

(a)advice, report or notice, or

(b)other material.

(2)For the purposes of the law on defamation, the publication is privileged.

(3)But subsection (2) is ineffective if it is proved that the publication was made with malice.

Commencement Information

I1S. 85 in force at 2.7.2012 in so far as not already in force by S.S.I. 2012/152, art. 2, Sch.