It may be that the advice, or at least some solicitor/client communication, was given in individual communications, rather than exclusively in a joint meeting. In any event, the clear thrust of the later Supreme Court of Canada decision in Martin v. Gray is the protection of clients from the misuse of their confidential information.
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