Can a party waiver solicitor/client privilege once they put their communications in issue?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kaganovsky v. 2057057 Ontario Inc., 2011 ONSC 6210 (CanLII):
Like Justice Bielby in Pate v. Sinclair, [2011] ONSC 5401, I am persuaded that the issue as to whether there can be a conditional or partial waiver of solicitor/client privilege once a party has put those communications in issue, should be considered by an appellate court.
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