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Lord Advocate’s guidelines: Legal Professional Privilege

Guidelines to the police on material that may be subject to Legal Professional Privilege (LPP).

First published

01 Dec 2019

Last updated

05 Mar 2020

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Lord Advocate’s guidelines on material that may be subject to Legal Professional Privilege (LPP)

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Instructions to the police on recovery of material that may be subject to Legal Professional Privilege (LPP). Covers general awareness of LPP, warrant applications, guidance on digital material recovered in the execution of warrants, and the handling of such material post-warrant.