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EVIDENCE ACT 2001 - SECT 118 Legal advice

EVIDENCE ACT 2001 - SECT 118

Legal advice

Evidence is not to be adduced if, on objection by a client, the court finds that adducing the evidence would result in disclosure of –
(a) a confidential communication made between the client and a lawyer; or
(b) a confidential communication made between 2 or more lawyers acting for the client; or
(c) the contents of a confidential document, whether delivered or not, prepared by the client, lawyer or another person –
for the dominant purpose of the lawyer, or one or more of the lawyers, providing legal advice to the client.