Is there any case law where a defendant has claimed privilege on records prepared and preserved by their solicitor?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Canada (National Revenue) v. Newport Pacific Financial Group SA, 2010, 2010 ABQB 568 (CanLII):
In Wyoming Machinery Company v. Roch, 2008 ARCA 433, supra, the defendant claimed privilege on “...records prepared and preserved by my solicitor in response to my instructions and in the course of representing me” (at para. 8).
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