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SUMMARY:Attorney-client privilege and professional enablers 
DESCRIPTION:With the revelations included in the leaked ‘Panama Papers’\,
  the profession of lawyers – among other professional advisors – has com
 e under scrutiny\, with some critics referring to lawyers as ‘profession
 al enablers’. On 21 February 2021\, texts were published by the OECD and
  the FACTI Panel of the UN\, expressing concerns on the role of advisors
  in enabling crime. Recently\, the European Commission conducted a consu
 ltation on this issue in EU member states.\n\n\n\nThis idea of lawyers a
 s potential criminal enablers threatens our work because\, among other r
 easons\, critics can use examples such as the Panama Papers to justify e
 ncroachments on professional rights\, especially the attorney-client pri
 vilege – something that some lawyers are already experiencing in areas s
 uch as anti-money laundering. \n\nThis panel will consider the current s
 tate of affairs of the perception of lawyers as potential enablers to wh
 ite-collar criminals\, and will consider questions such as ‘How can the 
 image of our profession be improved?’\, ‘Do we need to accept certain re
 strictions?’\, and ‘Are lawyers held to a high enough standard of busine
 ss ethics?’\n
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