Where two or more clients have retained or consulted a lawyer upon a matter of common interest, none of them, nor the successor in interest of any of them, may claim a privilege under this article as to a communication made in the course of that relationship when such communication is offered in a civil proceeding between one of such clients (or his successor in interest) and another of such clients (or his successor in interest).
Cal. Evid. Code § 962
Lawyer-Client Privilege
Applied in 19 court decisions — leading case 162 Cal. App. 3d 358 - San Diego Navy Federal Credit Union v. Cumis Insurance Society (1984)
Most recently applied in Fiduciary Trust International v. Superior Court (July 2013)
Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.
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