Confidentiality

Rule 3 paragraph 1 of the 2018 Rules of Conduct, states:

“Lawyers are obliged by law to observe secrecy. The lawyer must keep silence with respect to details of cases they handle, personal details of their clients, and the nature and scope of their clients’ interests.”

This means that lawyers are obliged to keep silence – also when appearing as witnesses in legal or criminal proceedings – on matters entrusted to them by clients, unless these clients have given them permission to testify in this regard. If you have further questions on this, please contact us.