Does solicitor-client privilege apply to communications that are themselves criminal or which counsel a criminal act?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Certain Employees of G.l. Harper Scrap Metal and Demolition Ltd. v. G.l. Harper Scrap Metal and Demolition Ltd., 2004 CanLII 65521 (BC LRB):
37 As with many of the rules of evidence, there are exceptions to solicitor-client privilege. One exception is for communications that are themselves criminal or which counsel a criminal act: Descoteaux v. Mierzwinsk, supra, at 609.
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