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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