Contradictions in the Legal Regulation of Disclosure by an Attorney of Information Constituting Attorney-Client Privilege without the Client’s Consent

The paper examines the specifics of legal regulation regarding the disclosure by an advocate of information received from a client without the client’s consent, including information constituting attorney-client privilege. The author demonstrates that in law enforcement practice the parties to the legal relations in question are guided by paragraph 4 of Article 6 of the Code of Professional Ethics of Lawyers, which permits the lawyer to perform the specified actions when considering a civil dispute between him and the client or for his own defense in disciplinary proceedings or a criminal case initiated against him. However, this provision contradicts subparagraph 5 of paragraph 4 of Article 6 of the Federal Law of 31.05.2002 No. 63-FZ «On Attorney Activities and Advocacy in the Russian Federation», which contains a prohibition on the disclosure of information received from the client without their consent. To eliminate this legal conflict, it is proposed to amend the Federal Law «On Attorney Activities and Advocacy in the Russian Federation» by establishing a provision identical in content to Part 4 of Article 6 of the Code of Professional Ethics of Advocates.

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