Is solicitor client privilege a valid privilege?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark LLP v. 1772887 Ontario Limited et al., 2021 ONSC 2563 (CanLII):
It is trite law that only the privilege holder has the ability to waive privilege; in this case 1772887. It is also trite law that solicitor-client privilege is a fundamental right and central to the integrity and functioning of the justice system: Blank v. Canada (Minister of Justice), 2006 SCC 39, [2006] 2 S.C.R. 319, at paras. 24-26.
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