Legal Professional Privilege through the lens of ATO ‘chain rattling’ – Victorian LIJ article by University Lecturer outlines the ‘counterbalancing offence’ provisions protecting lawyers’ LPP duties to their clients
The ATO has had something of a ‘thorny’ relationship with Legal Professional Privilege (LPP) – bleating about it often and challenging claims in the courts too little. They finally challenged the PwC claim in the Federal Court and, to the extent that the case has run its course, won in a majority of the claims…