What is the test for determining whether a client has waived privilege?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark LLP v. 1772887 Ontario Limited et al., 2021 ONSC 2563 (CanLII):
The test for determining whether a client has waived privilege is an objective one: see, for example, Camosun College v. Levelton Engineering Ltd., 2014 BCSC 1190, at para. 10.
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