Privileged communications between lawyers and clients
are protected under the Evidence Act, and are intended to ensure
that the profession of law is responsibly and freely carried out.
This article contains an in-depth analysis of this
privilege.
I. Introduction
Attorney-Client privilege ('the
privilege'), or in other words the privilege or
protection given to any communication between a client and his
advocate, aims to ensure that any such communication remains
uncovered, protected, and unobtainable for anyone. The privilege is
a rule of evidence that extends to any documents or communication
disclosed to a legal professional in his professional capacity.
This rule of privilege all legal advice and assistance, and all
things reasonably necessary in the shape of communication to the
legal advisers are protected from production or discovery in order
that that legal advice may be obtained safely and sufficiently
[Phipson on Evidence, 15th Edition, 2000, paragraphs
