Solicitor Client Privilege in the Estate Context - Clark Wilson LLP

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How Does Solicitor/Client Privilege Differfrom a Lawyer’s Duty of Confidentiality?• in addition to the solicitor/client privilege• bound by his or her own professional and ethicalduty to maintain the client’s confidence• Professional Conduct Handbook Chapter 511
Duty of ConfidentialityChapter 5.1 reads:1. A lawyer shall hold in strict confidence allinformation concerning the business and affairsof the client acquired in the course of theprofessional relationship, regardless of thenature or sources of the information or of the factthat others may share the knowledge, and shallnot divulge any such information unlessdisclosure is expressly or impliedly authorized bythe client, or is required by law or by a court.12
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