{"code":"EVID","codeName":"Evidence Code","section":"962","citation":"Evid. Code, § 962","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 8. PRIVILEGES [900. - 1070.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-8"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Particular Privileges [930. - 1063.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-8/chapter-4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Lawyer-Client Privilege [950. - 962.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-8/chapter-4/article-3"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.","effective":null,"html":"<p>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).</p>","text":"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).","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/lawyer-client-privilege-962","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}