What is solicitor-client privilege and what is its purpose?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Shalaby v Nafei, 2022 ONSC 561 (CanLII):
The functional purpose of the solicitor-client privilege goes to the very heart of the administration of the legal system. All persons must have access to expert legal counsel without fear that this recourse may be used to their detriment: Jones v. Smith, 1999 CanLII 674 (SCC), [1999] 1 S.C.R. 455, at para. 46.
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