EVIDENCE ACT 1929 - SECT 59IR
EVIDENCE ACT 1929 - SECT 59IR
59IR—Communication between lawyer and client
(1) This section
applies where—
(a) a
person who is to give evidence or make submissions (or on whose behalf
submissions are to be made) is represented by a lawyer; and
(b) the
lawyer and the client are physically separated—the lawyer being in the
courtroom and the client in the remote location.
(2) Evidence or
submissions are not to be taken by audio visual link or by audio link if
facilities do not exist to enable private oral communication between the
lawyer and the client.
(3) The court must, at
the lawyer's request, make appropriate arrangements for the private
communication of a document between the lawyer and the client.
(4) Any communication
between lawyer and client is absolutely privileged.