New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW (NSW) - SECT 38

38 Privileges of practitioners

(1) An Australian legal practitioner who provides legal services in the capacity of an officer, director, partner or employee of a law practice, or in the capacity of a corporate legal practitioner or government legal practitioner, does not lose the professional privileges of an Australian legal practitioner.

(2) The law relating to client legal privilege (or other legal professional privilege) is not excluded or otherwise affected because an Australian legal practitioner is acting in the capacity of an officer, director, partner or employee of a law practice or in the capacity of a corporate legal practitioner or government legal practitioner.