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Both the privilege and the duty serve the purpose of encouraging clients to speak frakly about their cases. This way, lawyers will be able to carry out their duty to provide clients with zealous representation. Otherwise, the opposing side may be able to surprise the lawyer in court with something which he did not know about his client, which may weaken the client's position. Lawyers are often required by the law to keep confidental anything pertaining to the representation of a client.