Meanings of professional privilege in English

The society is pressing to have existing legislation rewritten to include explicit protection for legal professional privilege from government surveillance.

Lawyers have long argued that the extension of the laws could clash with their obligation to respect legal professional privilege.

Mr Eugene Grant QC and Dr Michael Forde SC said they were withdrawing because matters of " professional privilege" had arisen.

The bank recently released fresh documents to SFO investigators which it originally claimed were confidential because they were protected by legal professional privilege.

The bank locked horns with investigators over documentary evidence that it argued was protected by legal professional privilege, before deciding to relinquish the cache.

Living a life of personal and professional privilege, he was a vocal advocate of improved social conditions for the scandalously housed poor of Dublin.

A Dublin hospital said last night it would not release documents, over which it is entitled to claim legal professional privilege, to the Lindsay tribunal.

One of the greatest professional privileges I have experienced is looking after the dying patient.

In one case he supported the idea that accountants should be given the same professional privileges of confidentiality in court as lawyers.