What is a fundamental right to private communication with a solicitor?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from R v Hudon, 2011 SKQB 374 (CanLII):
The right to private communication with one’s solicitor is a fundamental right. That principle is well established. See: Descôteaux v. Mierzwinski, 1982 CanLII 22 (SCC), [1982] 1 S.C.R. 860 at page 870 - 871.
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