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Solicitors

  • 10-09-2009 9:24pm
    #1
    buttonsflyie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 74 ✭✭


    Curious

    Just wondering? Does a Solicitor have the same "laws" governing them like doctors do, where doctors have to take what you tell them in confidence and can’t discuss it with others, like if you tell them you have done something illegal, and then do they have to report it.

    I haven’t done anything but was just curious :)


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  • #2
    Jev/N
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,456 ✭✭✭Jev/N


    Yep, solicitor/client communication is privileged, subject to certain exceptions but I never really listened in Evidence class so I'll leave it to one of the more knowledgeable posters to explain!


  • #3
    Andi123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭Andi123


    hi

    solictors like doctors have a duty to keep all there communications with there client confidential. however just say in a criminal matter a person tells there solictor they committed the crime , then there are certain limitations on the solicitor. for instance they cannot put the person on the stand to say they did not commit the crime , when they know they did. However if client insists then solictor can come off record on the case.


  • #4
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,647 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    You can't ask them about crimes you plan to commit. :)


  • #5
    McCrack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,004 ✭✭✭McCrack


    Solicitors are governed by various laws (Solicitors Acts and secondary legislation) and by a code of ethics. Breach of any of these can lead (depending on the facts) to the solicitor being disciplined by the Law Society from warnings (censure), fines, having to work under the supervision of a solicitor of 5 years standing, and derollment (struck off completely).

    99% of what you tell your solicitor is private and cannot be disclosed or used against you in a court as evidence.


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