Cross-Jurisdictional Study of the Rules on Legal Professional Privilege
The protection of legal professional privilege not only embodies the lawyer’s confidentiality obligation, but also serves as the crucial premise for the client’s trust when seeking legal assistance. In recent times, the various rules in different jurisdictions have caused problems for cross-border law enforcement, in particular, under competition law. Nevertheless, Asian laws and enforcement practices in this area still, undeniably, fall short of western standards. This forum aims to compare and study the current status of and topical issues in connection with the rules that protect legal professional privilege in Asia.