What is the effect of witness immunity and counsel immunity?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Lotzkar v. Levitt, 2006 BCSC 1957 (CanLII):
I am satisfied on the authority of Workum v. Olnick that witness immunity and counsel immunity bar this proceeding as an attack on what was said at trial and on appeal.
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