Is there a compelling reason or proper circumstance in Lanteigne v.Lanteigne to breach solicitor’s brief privilege?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Eastman v. Eastman, 2013 BCSC 1019 (CanLII):
There certainly was no compelling reason or proper circumstance in Lanteigne to breach the plaintiff’s brief privilege, and I especially find in the case at bar the rationale “to be of the most assistance to the court” is not a compelling reason to breach the solicitor’s brief privilege. Nor is there a special circumstance as suggested in Morey v. Lemon.
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