Evidence Act, 1975 (NRCD 323)

Section 101 - Exceptions to lawyer-client privilege

A person does not have a privilege under section 100

(a) if, apart from the communication, sufficient evidence has been introduced to support a finding of fact that the services of the lawyer were sought or obtained to enable or aid a person to commit or plan to commit a crime or intentional tort; or

(b) as to a communication relevant to an issue between parties who claim an interest in property through the same deceased client of the lawyer; or

(c) as to a communication relevant to an issue of breach of duty by a lawyer to a client of the lawyer, or a client to the lawyer of the client; or

(d) as to a communication relevant to the formalities of the execution of a writing by a client, where the lawyer or a representative of the lawyer is an attesting witness to the execution of the writing; or

(e) as to a communication relevant to a matter of common interest between two or more clients, if the communication was made by any of them to a lawyer sought by them in common, when offered in a proceeding between any of the clients.

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