Is a solicitor bound by confidentiality?

Question

Seeing a solicitor at the moment concerning access arrangements for my daughter. Does he have to keep all information I tell him confidential unless I tell him he can use it in the case?

Answer 1

i u want your case to win, you must first disclose all your info about the case so that your lawyer can work up...
you must trust your lawyer

Answer 2

As a rule, yes, he does have to keep what you say confidential. HOWEVER there is a process called 'Discovery' and if the other party asks for documentation of evidence of something you intend to use in your case, I do believe that your solicitor is obliged to disclose anything that isn't bound by client/solicitor confidentiality. For this reason, I would make all your exchanges with him/her verbal - either on the phone or face to face. Be careful about leaving anything in writing or on tape that you do not want the other party to see and hear too. Any verbal exchange between you should be bound by confidentiality unless your solicitor is directed to answer a specific question by the court (and only then if the relevance of the question is clear).

That said, if your daughter's mother has been harassing you and you have evidence of this, by all means submit it. It should not matter if the other party sees it if it actually happened.

Answer 3

Its confidential between you and the solicitor, disclosure for a legal case is implied otherwise a solicitor can not do any work.
A solicitor will know what is useful and what is not, and as long he doesn't have any information which may mislead the court, he /she is best placed to judge. The legal system is that any statement evidence you wish to rely on must usually be disclosed to the otherside, because of fairness and because the law is already proven, you just have to state you case, no matter whats its strengths and weaknesses are.

Answer 4

Since you are talking about solicitors, instead of lawyers, I know you don't live in the US. In the US, an attorney does have to keep things confidential, but I don't know the law where you live.

Here we have a thing called the Bar Association. After graduating from law school, an attorney has to pass the bar exam before he can practice law. The Bar Association is a national organization for attorneys, and it has a website where you can find out about things like confidentiality issues. Perhaps there is something similar in your country?

Good luck to you. No matter what country you are in, custody issues are difficult and trying.

Answer 5

Generally speaking, but it would really be best to ask your solicitor, because there are exceptions. They will usually be quite helpful - if you give them a clue to the type of information you're concerned about they should be able to tell you whether it would be confidential or not, before you actually tell them.

Answer 6

The Solicitor is required to adhere to standards of professional conduct set out by the Law Society of England & Wales.

A solicitor has a duty to keep his client's business confidential unless the client permits disclosure or waives the confidentiality. Please see the reference below. I advise you to tell him / her everything as you can trust your lawyer. (I am assuming he / she is accredited by the law society to deal with family matters competantly).

The duty of confidentiality lasts forever.

You in fact correctly answered your own question!

Answer 7

Solicitors, Lawyers, Barristers.....they are all bound by confidentiality but some of them...not all...have a price.

Answer 8

Yes, but the other parties have a right to challenge any statements you make.

Answer 9

Absolutely!!!

Answer 10

I think u know that already