However, the common law privilege remains almost universally described by courts as being'legal professional privilege '.
12.
Legal professional privilege has been described as an " important common law right " that is enforceable in equity.
13.
Legal professional privilege in the context of court proceedings is governed by the common law in the remaining Australian states.
14.
In " Egan v Chadwick ", this power was found to be not limited by legal professional privilege.
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Legal professional privilege emerged in the 16th century; it was originally a privilege held by a lawyer rather than the lawyer's client.
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In July 2010, the legal professional privilege was the subject of a judgment in October rejected the extension of privilege to professions other than law.
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Justice Kirby of the High Court of Australia has described legal professional privilege as an " important human right deserving of special protection for that reason ".
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A person cannot be ordered to give oral information ( s . 11 ) nor information in breach of legal professional privilege ( s . 12 ).
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Thereafter, judicial precedent extended the privilege and added to it the principle, taken from legal professional privilege, of once privileged, always privileged .
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These provisions do not however require disclosure to the authorities of information received by certain professionals in privileged circumstances or where the information is subject to legal professional privilege.
