Solicitor-client privilege
By: Adam M. Dodek
Publisher: LexisNexis
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 473
ISBN-13: 9780433465324
Subjects: Confidential communications; Lawyers; Attorney and client
Description: "Solicitor-Client Privilege is the only Canadian textbook of its kind to explain key aspects of lawyer-client confidentiality. With a Foreword written by former Supreme Court of Canada justice Ian Binnie, this distinctly Canadian law textbook analyzes the exceptions to privilege, conditions where privilege is unclear, and situations of competing interests that might bring into question the application of privilege.

Especially useful is the examination of privilege in specific contexts, such as in civil litigation, administrative law, corporate settings, and government. Portable and immediately accessible, this useful hardcover book gives lawyers the answers they quickly need, and assurances as to when they can rely on solicitor-client privilege and when they can challenge it."--pub. desc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The origins and rationale of the privilege --; title: The evolution of the privilege and its related doctrines --; title: A client seeking legal advice --; title: The professional legal adviser acting in a professional capacity --; title: Confidential communications --; title: "The client" --; title: Waiver --; title: Overriding the privilege : exceptions --; title: The privilege and civil litigation --; title: The privilege and administrative proceedings --; title: The privilege and the corporation --; title: The privilege and government.