Does solicitor client privilege overlap with litigation privilege?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Walden et al. v. Attorney General of Canada (representing the Treasury Board of Canada and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada), 2018 CHRT 20 (CanLII):
“The distinction between the solicitor-client privilege and the litigation privilege does not preclude their potential overlap in a litigation context”: Blank v. Canada, 2006 SCC 39, at para. 49.
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