“Legal professional privilege is a fundamental human right long established in the common law.”
“Normally disclosure [to a beneficiary] will be ordered of … instructions to and legal advice obtained from the trustees’ lawyers for the guidance of the trustees in the discharge of their functions as trustees and paid for from the trust fund.”
It might appear from these quotations that “fundamental human rights” cease at the door of trusteeship. This article analyses whether this is the case.
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