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The SCB used to deal with third party complaints and, in a case of mine where they asked for my file they didn't seem to understand that s.44B of the Solicitors Act wasn't designed to override client privilege. It took the threat of a judicial review before they backed down. Being a composite of the enthusiastically ignorant the LeO is less likely to understand the legal niceties so, if they too start accepting third party complaints I can see quite a few cases coming up where the courts have to reaffirm the importance of privilege.

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