What is the privilege of oral or written communications at the discovery stage and at the trial stage?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cytrynbaum v. Gineaut Holdings Ltd. et al, 2006 BCSC 468 (CanLII):
The privilege applies to oral or written communications at either the discovery or the trial stage. There may be a distinctions made in specific cases as to whether the protection ought to be afforded, at discovery or left to the trial judge (See: Schetky v. Cochrane et al., [1917] 1 W.W.R. 852 (B.C.C.A.).
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