Attorney-client privilege: the need for new legislative intervention

Deaf, blind or stubborn? No, in good faith, judges and lawyers are always at odds over the scope of professional secrecy.

State obligation to protect the confidentiality of exchanges between lawyers and their clients: no interference possible without procedural guarantees worthy of a state governed by the rule of law.

In the event of interference with a lawyer's data, it is incumbent on the signatory states of the EDH Convention to protect the lawyer's professional secrecy.

Right to evidence v/ Solicitor-client privilege

The right to evidence must not suppress professional secrecy of confidential exchanges between lawyers, nor that benefiting third-party clients.