Is litigation privilege absolute or permanent?

Northwest Territories, Canada


The following excerpt is from Bargen v CBC, 2007 NWTSC 104 (CanLII):

Next, litigation privilege, unlike solicitor-client privilege, is neither absolute in scope nor permanent in duration. Blank v. Canada (Minister of Justice), supra, at para. 37.

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