Can privilege be claimed by a document by a single document?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from R. v. 1496956 Ontario Inc. (Stoneridge Inc.), 2009 CanLII 12328 (ON SC):

Privilege can only be claimed document by document, with each document being examined to determine if it meets the criteria for the privilege. (See: Solosky v. The Queen (1979), 1979 CanLII 9 (SCC), 50 C.C.C. (2d) 495 (S.C.C.))

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