Unrestricted communication between parties and their professional advisers is considered of such importance as to make it advisable to protect it – even by the concealment of matter without the discovery of which the truth of the case cannot be ascertained.
In the article "Reverse engineering legal professional privilege in a globalising world – the Australian case", which was published with the Journal of Money Laundering Control (2020), Dr Doron Goldbarsht argues that this privilege is at risk and trench II is coming.