ATAS/965/2005 · Art. 66 al. 1 LTF

ATAS/965/2005 • CJ GE ATAS/965/2005 Généré par l'IA

Subpoenaed Documents in Civil Forfeiture Action: Work Product and Attorney-Client Privilege

Numéro de cause ATAS/965/2005

Autorité / Tribunal Cour de Justice (Cour civile) · Chambre des assurances sociales

Juridiction

Suisse · Canton de Genève (CH-GE)

Date de la décision 2005-11-02

Issue du litige Rejeté (Dismissed)

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Synthèse Legislator

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The proceeding concerned whether certain documents, which were disclosed pursuant to a subpoena for a grand jury investigation, were protected from disclosure in a subsequent civil forfeiture action because they were subject to the attorney-client privilege or the work-product doctrine. The court reasoned that because the government successfully demonstrated that the documents were material to the ongoing criminal investigation for which the subpoena was issued, the qualified work-product privilege did not shield the documents in the civil forfeiture context, and the attorney-client privilege did not attach since the documents related to business advice and not confidential communications for the purpose of obtaining legal advice.

Regeste Legislator

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Art. 66 al. 1 LTF; Subpoenaed Documents in Civil Forfeiture Action: Work Product and Attorney-Client Privilege: The court reasoned that because the government successfully demonstrated that the documents were material to the ongoing criminal investigation for which the subpoena was issued, the qualified work-product privilege did not shield the documents in the civil forfeiture context, and the attorney-client privilege did not attach since the documents related to business advice and not confidential communications for the purpose of obtaining legal advice.