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‘Privilege is now seen as a fundamental human right’: British intelligence agencies face spying on lawyers allegations

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Legal Business
7 November 2014
Legal affairs

The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) has heard that legal privileged documents between lawyers and their clients may have been targeted by MI5, MI6 and GCHQ, a disclosure which is said to be of ‘grave concern to campaigners and lawyers alike’.

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