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.