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From: [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Carl

To: [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]

Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 10:50 AM

Subject: ethical question

Greetings all,

 

I'd appreciate peoples thoughts on an ethical issue that was raised during a recent discussion in which I was involved.

If a counsellor is being interviewed as part of a police investigation into an allegation made about the counsellor by a client, would the counsellor be still bound by the duty of confidentiality towards the client, or would the client be reasonably considered to have waived the right to have confidentiality maintained?

 

Many thanks

Carl