How have the courts interpreted the argument that solicitor-client privilege is not absolute?

Nova Scotia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v Cameron, 2019 NSCA 38 (CanLII):

The application judge actually used the very words of Cory, J. in Smith v. Jones to make the point that solicitor-client privilege is not absolute and will yield to other societal values.

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