Disclosure of Attorney-Client Privilege with the Crime Prevention Purpose: Legal Regulation Gaps

Attorney-client privilege is the ethical basis for an attorney's professional activities. The principal's confidence in the observance by attorney of the privilege regime regarding the information provided by him is important for the provision of high-quality legal assistance. The study's purpose is to analyze the legal regulation of issues related to the preservation of attorney-client privilege, as well as cases where disclosure of information constituting an attorney-client privilege in the Russian Federation is permissible. To achieve this goal, the analysis was made of the sources of legal regulation of these issues in the Russian Federation, the viewpoints of scientific community representatives on the issue under study were presented, as well as examples from disciplinary practice regarding an attorney's violation of attorney-client privilege were examined.