Lawyers beware!  Client legal privilege does not protect communications that were made in furtherance of an illegal scheme, even where the lawyers are unaware of the illegal scheme being pursued by their clients. In Aucare Dairy Pty Ltd v Huang [2017] FCA 746 O’Callaghan J of the Federal Court considered the authorities and noted that … Continue reading Privilege does not protect lawyer-client communications when the client is engaged in fraud, even if the lawyer is unaware