Is solicitor-client privilege a waiver of privilege?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Pryden v. Swiss Reinsurance Company, 2010 ONSC 6679 (CanLII):

Consequently, any waiver of solicitor-client privilege must be “clear and unambiguous” (Air Canada v. WestJet Airlines Ltd., [2006] O.J. No. 1797 (S.C.J.) at para. 51).

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