Lendlease bosses slam consultancy firm’s ‘fundamental breach of trust’

Legal professional privilege, which is intended to protect lawyers’ advice to their clients, is a key issue in these proceedings. KPMG and the firm’s lawyers at Allens have made clear they will claim that a lot of information about the scandal is protected, and should not be made available to the Senate or the public. Here’s how that’s affecting Lendlease.

O’Neill: “So they’re claiming legal professional privilege over documents that relate directly to information that you seek to manage what’s happening in your own company and about your company”

Lombardo: “Yeah, they are seeking to protect their information. Importantly, we were trying to make sure we understand exactly the use of that information through the allegations.”