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Confidentiality
Legal Profession (Code Of Conduct) Rules, r. 66 · Revised Edition 2020
An attorney shall never disclose, unless lawfully ordered to do so by the Court or required by statute, what has been communicated to him in his capacity as an attorney by his client and this duty not to disclose extends to his partners to junior attorneys assisting him and to his employees provided however that an attorney may reveal confidences or secrets necessary to establish or collect his fee or to defend himself or his employees or associates against an accusation of wrongful conduct.
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