10 Meaning of “items subject to legal privilege”
10 Meaning of “items subject to legal privilege”
Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (1984 c 60) | Legislation

(1)     Subject to subsection (2) below, in this Act “items subject to legal privilege” means—

(a)     communications between a professional legal adviser and his client or any person representing his client made in connection with the giving of legal advice to the client;

(b)     communications between a professional legal adviser and his client or any person representing his client or between such an adviser or his client or any such representative and any other person made in connection with or in contemplation of legal proceedings and for the purposes of such proceedings; and

(c)     items enclosed with or referred to

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