RV v IP and RM LCRO 212/2014 (25 July 2016) [pdf, 78 KB]
...matters not whether information acquired in the course of the professional relationship may be widely known or a matter of public record; information so acquired is nevertheless confidential. Client confidence has been described as “a fundamental human right”, subject only to the mandatory and permissible categories when disclosure can be made pursuant to rules 8.2 and 8.4.5 [59] It would be difficult to maintain argument that Mr RV did not acquire the information in the course of t...