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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Surely, they'd still be with holding evidence if they did not pass the information to the Police, whoever paid the bill?
If I was an unscrupulous lawyer looking for future work from Johnson, I might be tempted to say that the handwriting on page ZZ was a bit unclear, hint, hint, and he might wish to rewrite it again.
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I don't think lawyers are allowed to break confidentiality unless someone is at harm and/or it's evidence that has to be disclosed to the other side in a legal dispute.
So if you told your lawyer "Yeah mate, I robbed that store. LOL!" they aren't allowed to tell anyone. If you said you planned to murder someone they can tell the police. If you documents that were evidence as part of a case then all parties in the case can see the evidence. I think.