The justice ministry had more than enough time to make the law constitutional. Failure to do so is an indictment on its leadership in the process.
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A barrister may report confidential client communications to police where their client has threatened the safety of another person, but going beyond such discrete instances is ethically fraught.
The president’s tweets aside, the law provides strong protections to lawyers to ensure they can keep their clients’ secrets safe.
