Is there any case law where privilege has been waived by disclosure?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Huntley v. Larkin, 2007 NSSC 298 (CanLII):
As noted in Walsh v. Smith , supra, where privilege is waived by disclosure, the waiver only extends to relevant documents dealing with “the very same particular subject matter”. The question of what is “the very same particular subject matter” is not to be interpreted too narrowly.
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