What is privileged material that passes between a lawyer and a client?

Nova Scotia, Canada


The following excerpt is from R. v. Herritt, 2019 NSCA 92 (CanLII):

Although not everything that passes between a lawyer and a client will be protected by privilege, there is a presumption that absent evidence to the contrary, it is protected (Minister of National Revenue v. Thompson, supra at para. 19).

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