What is the property of a solicitor's file?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Wadsworth v. Elkin Injury Law, 2008 CanLII 21907 (ON SC):
It is well established that the vast majority of the documents contained in a solicitor’s file, including any drafts, letters, pleadings and notes, are the property of the client. See the case of Aggio v. Rosenberg (1981), 24 C.P.C. 7.
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