In a personal injury action, does solicitor and client privilege trump the description of a document in the context of a description of the document?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Gardner v. Viridis Energy Inc., 2013 BCSC 580 (CanLII):
As explained in Bajic v. Friesen, 2006 BCSC 1290, the sanctity of solicitor and client privilege trumped the description of the documents in a manner that would permit the other party to understand the nature of the document and assess the validity of the claim of privilege.
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