Legal professional privilege and confidentiality

Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan and Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali and Masum, Ahmad (2025) Legal professional privilege and confidentiality. In: Legal profession in Malaysia: practice and ethics. CLJ Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., Ampang, pp. 335-356. ISBN 978-967-457-204-4

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Abstract

Since the “legal professional privilege” is that of the client and not that of the lawyer, it essentially protects all communications between a client and a lawyer from being disclosed without the permission of the client.8 The rationale behind this legal principle is to safeguard the client from any disclosure of communications made with the lawyer and thereby prejudicing the client in the future.9 However, the privilege can only be claimed if the communication in question is confidential. Therefore, communication is no longer privileged if it ceases to be confidential

Item Type:	Book Chapter
Uncontrolled Keywords:	LEGAL PROFESSIONAL PRIVILEGE AND CONFIDENTIALITY
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General) K Law > K100 Legal Education K Law > K3150 Public law
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws > Department of Civil Law
Depositing User:	Dr Ashgar Ali Ali Mohamed
Date Deposited:	05 Mar 2025 09:25
Last Modified:	05 Mar 2025 09:25
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/119978

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