In this e-presentation Prof. Bachmaier discusses the scope of attorney-client privilege in the European Union, raising current issues and uncertainties and reviewing recent case law of the CJEU and ECtHR. Key topics include the scope of attorney-client privilege regarding documents and communication, individual and legal entities, current issues with the legal frameworks and CJEU case law concerning legal privilege in corporate settings, the correlation of attorney-client privilege, prevention of money laundering and financing of terrorism, and recent case law of the CJEU and ECtHR concerning search and seizure of law firms.
e-Presentation | February 2023 | Learning time: 54 minutes
e-Presentation by Lorena Bachmaier Winter, Department of Procedural and Criminal Law, Faculty of Law, Complutense University of Madrid.