What collateral waiver of privilege extends to all privileged correspondence?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Letourneau v. Clearbrook Iron Works Ltd., 2004 FC 1422 (CanLII):
Relying upon General Accident Corporation v. Tanter (supra) there is no general doctrine of collateral waiver and certainly, in the present instance, no collateral waiver of privilege extending to all privileged correspondence merely on the basis of waiver of privilege over one letter. Thus question 1744 need not be answered. Spousal Privilege
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