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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9332
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice

Client/lawyer privilege only protects client/lawyer relations directly concerned by action

Luxembourg, 20/12/2006 (Agence Europe) - Advocate General Miguel Poiares Maduro presented, on 14 December, his conclusions in the case C-305/05. He concluded that Belgian lawyers may be under an obligation to provide certain information on clients to authorities upon request, under the directive on money laundering (2005/60/EC of 26 October 2005). Several Belgian Ordres des Barreaux had taken up the matter at the Council of State against the Council of Ministers, arguing that this...

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