# Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990, Section 22: Disclosure of documents etc.

Extent: S

(1) Any communication made to or by—
(a) an independent conveyancing practitioner or an executry practitioner in the course of his ... acting as such for a client; or
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
shall in any action or proceedings in any court be protected from disclosure on the ground of confidentiality between client and professional legal adviser in like manner as if the practitioner had at all material times been a solicitor acting for the client.
(2) Any enactment or instrument making special provision in relation to a solicitor or other legal representative as to the disclosure of information, or as to the production, seizure or removal of documents, with respect to which a claim to confidentiality between client and professional legal adviser could be maintained, shall, with any necessary modifications, have effect in relation to—
(a) an independent conveyancing practitioner; and
(b) an executry practitioner; ...
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
as it has effect in relation to a solicitor.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/40/section/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1990/section-22
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