Is there any case law that supports the argument that attorney privilege?
Quebec, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ghaddar c. R., 2021 QCCQ 13103 (CanLII):
The privilege “shelters the mental processes of the attorney, providing a privileged area within which he can analyze and prepare his client’s case” (United States v. Nobles, (1975) 95 S.Ct. 2150, 2170), McWilliams, supra, 13:30.10).
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