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StatuteFinance Act 2014

Section 271 — Finance Act 2014: Legal professional privilege

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Legal professional privilege 271 1 Nothing in this Part requires any person to disclose to HMRC any privileged information. 2 “ Privileged information ” means information with respect to which a claim to legal professional privilege by the person who would (ignoring the effect of this section) be required to disclose it, could be maintained in legal proceedings.

3 In the case of legal proceedings in Scotland, the reference in subsection (2) to legal professional privilege is to be read as a reference to confidentiality of communications.

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