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purplecthulhu at 11:01am on 24/03/2009
purplecthulhu at 11:01am on 24/03/2009I had always been under the impression that lawyer-client privilege was a central part of the legal process. It would appear that the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) has throw that all away, and this has just been upheld by the house of Lords.
This is frankly astounding. If legal confidentiality has gone in the UK, medical confidentiality and the seal of the confessional must also be at risk, if not be gone already (probably the latter). And nobody noticed during the passage of RIPA through parliament.
Quite where this leaves lawyers, medics and catholic priests is unclear.
Colour me appalled.
This is frankly astounding. If legal confidentiality has gone in the UK, medical confidentiality and the seal of the confessional must also be at risk, if not be gone already (probably the latter). And nobody noticed during the passage of RIPA through parliament.
Quite where this leaves lawyers, medics and catholic priests is unclear.
Colour me appalled.
angry