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The Supreme Court of Canada («SCC») recently decided two cases on solicitor - client privilege and litigation privilege in Lizotte v Aviva Insurance Company of Canada, 2016 SCC 52 [Lizotte] and Alberta (Information and...

In part two of my interview with regulatory lawyer, Gerald Chan, we chat about new guidance on litigation privilege in the context of witness statements

Anticipation of Litigation: The Role of Litigation Privilege in Subrogated Claims - Subrogation and Recovery Alert!

Mamaca is a leading decision on the criteria for establishing litigation privilege in the context of insurance claims.

It was conceded in argument that the PowerPoint presentation was subject to privilege, and as such there was no detailed discussion of the application of the principles of litigation privilege in this case.

The decision on litigation privilege in ENRC is particularly relevant for corporates investigating possible wrongdoing to determine whether to self - report or otherwise engage with authorities in settlement negotiations.

The interview scenario is clearly not one to which legal advice privilege will apply, therefore a company may be forced to rely on litigation privilege in relation to these documents.

The decision of the CAT confirmed that entitlement to claim litigation privilege in the context of regulatory enforcement proceedings will depend on the specific circumstances of the regulatory procedure and the stage it has reached.

The interview scenario is not one to which legal advice privilege will apply, 8 therefore a company may be forced to rely on litigation privilege in relation to these documents.

The Court of Appeal has considered more recently the ambit of litigation privilege in one of the many cases relating to the SFO's investigation into the Tchenguiz brothers, stressing the importance of the «dominant purpose» test.58 (See also Chapter 31 on privilege.)

The Upper Tribunal noted in LM v. London Borough of Lewisham [2009] UKUT 204 that Re L did not decide that there is never any litigation privilege in care proceedings but that their Lordships had confined themselves to cases where the filing of a report requires the leave of the court in order that documents already filed in the proceedings may be disclosed to the expert or that the child nay be examined.

The effect of this decision is that it is much harder to claim litigation privilege in the criminal context than in a civil one.

Since MacDonald Estate, there has been deep consideration of solicitor - client privilege and litigation privilege in the Supreme Court of Canada as can be seen from the following lengthy (and incomplete) case list:

Not exact matches

«It is a privilege to practice again, and we want to take on cases that, through litigation, change social inequalities in favor of the greater good,» Edwards said.

«The Legislative House Power and Privileges Act, grants the Legislative Houses in the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly immunity from litigation for actions taken in plenary or committee proceedings of the House or committee.

New York's top court ruled that the threat of litigation is necessary in order to maintain attorney - client privilege for communications involving third parties, overturning an appellate court's ruling favoring Bank of America in an insurer's $ 1 billion lawsuit over toxic residential mortgage - backed securities.

Among other arguments, attorneys Marc Agnifilo and Joshua Kirshner also say in the filing — which Edward Mangano's attorney, Kevin Keating, joined in — that unredacted documents should be turned over because the town has waived its privilege by using Mei's interview in both starting and defending against litigation.

Related blog post: Litigation privilege given same protection as solicitor - client privilege, Law in Quebec

Yet while the law of solicitor - client privilege and litigation privilege has significantly evolved, the conduct rules have not changed in response other than to add a transferring lawyer rule [ii].

Taylor Wessing has been ordered to disclose information it held about parties involved in litigation, in a landmark Court of Appeal decision on legal professional privilege under the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA 1998).

[53] The chambers judge erred in finding that the dominant purpose of the internal investigation was in contemplation of litigation and therefore every document «created and / or collected» during the investigation is clothed with legal privilege.

Lex Mundi's Litigation Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Group has prepared a Global Practice Guide on in - house counsel and solicitor - client privilege.

RBS claimed legal advice privilege in «transcripts, notes or other records» of interviews conducted by or on behalf of the bank with its employees and ex-employees as part of internal investigations after the rights issue, but before litigation was contemplated.

In Serious Fraud Office (SFO) v Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Ltd6 the court held that documents prepared during the course of a criminal investigation were not covered by litigation privilege, even though there was likely to be (and eventually was) a criminal investigation by the SFO into the alleged misconduct.

The categories that we were short - listed for this year were: · Property and Construction Team of the Year; and · Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team of the Year This year's official awards ceremony was held at The Westin Mina Seyahi, in Dubai on 15 May 2014 and although we did not win awards this time around, it was a privilege to be shortlisted for our role in some of the region's most prestigious work.

[23] In my view, the defendant and third party have not shown any meritorious reason for abrogating the plaintiff's litigation privilege related to the information obtained by Dr. Coen from the plaintiff as a result of the referral to Dr. Coen by the plaintiff's solicitor.

Useful reasons for judgement were released this week by the BC Supreme Court, Vancouver Registry, discussing the scope of litigation privilege when a Plaintiff attends an independent medical exam arranged on their behalf in the course of a personal injury lawsuit.

Litigation privilege applies to non-confidential communications between a lawyer and third parties, it exists only in the context of litigation, and it ends when the litigation (and all closely - related litigation) Litigation privilege applies to non-confidential communications between a lawyer and third parties, it exists only in the context of litigation, and it ends when the litigation (and all closely - related litigation) litigation, and it ends when the litigation (and all closely - related litigation) litigation (and all closely - related litigation) litigation) has ended.

Litigation privilege attaches to defence witness» statements made during interviews with defence counsel in the same circumstances.

However, an accused implicitly waives litigation privilege over the witness» statement when the witness has read the document either while testifying or at a reasonable time prior to testifying, and that this has assisted the witness to refresh his / her memory in some way.

While the solicitor - client privilege has been strengthened, reaffirmed and elevated in recent years, the litigation privilege has had, on the contrary, to weather the trend toward mutual and reciprocal disclosure which is the hallmark of the judicial process.

0738 (JSM), 2001 WL 1154666, at * 2 (S.D.N.Y. 1 October 2001)(finding certain communications between the investigator, who conducted the internal investigation, and in - house and outside counsel are protected by attorney — client privilege because the investigator received legal advice from counsel under circumstances in which the employee under investigation was an executive and litigation was expected if the employee were terminated).

The Court of Appeal decided that fee totals information in concluded litigation matters might be fair game for production, but concluded that individual billing entries would tend to disclose privileged matters and that fee totals in pending matters would invade the privilege.

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The law leaves no doubt that this is a central factor to be considered, nor any doubt that the fact that a document may be subject to lawyers» brief privilege or litigation privilege does not provide a reasonable explanation for failing to disclose it in accordance with the requirements of Rule 26: Hoole v. Advani, and Ball v. Gap (Canada) Inc. (both supra).

In Ireland, documentation may attract legal professional privilege either in the form of legal advice privilege or litigation privilegIn Ireland, documentation may attract legal professional privilege either in the form of legal advice privilege or litigation privilegin the form of legal advice privilege or litigation privilege.

As it is the broader form of legal professional privilege and also covers communications with third parties, such as experts, litigation privilege is the preferable form of privilege to assert in the context of internal investigation, provided there is actual or contemplated litigation or regulatory action.

[27] Some authority supports the proposition that where the privilege claimed is not solicitor - client privilege but rather litigation privilege, as in this case, the premium placed on protecting the information is lower and the description must be more detailed to facilitate challenge.

[10] In order that proper assessment may be made as to the propriety of a claim of litigation or dominant purpose privilege it is necessary that sufficient particulars of the documents be given.

Reports that contain legal analysis, advice or conclusions, or which are prepared in contemplation of or in connection with litigation, can be protected by legal professional privilege.

[29] In this case, the pain journal is properly to be treated as within the lawyer's brief, or litigation privilege.

Third - party communications are only protected against disclosure in the context of litigation privilege.

Interestingly, the court stated that just because a claim for litigation privilege fails in a document production application the party is free to raise the claim again at trial and the trial judge will need to consider whether the documents can stay out of evidence for grounds privilege.

In litigation, Nelson explains that predictive coding technology can be used to rank and then «code» or «tag» electronic documents based on criteria such as «relevance» and «privilege» to help reduce time spent on page - by - page lawyer document review.

In Alberta v. Suncor Energy Inc., 2017 ABCA 221, the Court of Appeal's decision «raises the question of whether the litigation privilege can cover «the entirety» of an internal investigation file,» the ACC wrote in a recent letter to Suncor Energy Inc.'s external counsel, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP in CalgarIn Alberta v. Suncor Energy Inc., 2017 ABCA 221, the Court of Appeal's decision «raises the question of whether the litigation privilege can cover «the entirety» of an internal investigation file,» the ACC wrote in a recent letter to Suncor Energy Inc.'s external counsel, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP in Calgarin a recent letter to Suncor Energy Inc.'s external counsel, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP in Calgarin Calgary.

Among other things, outside counsel can retain experts and shield portions of the investigation from discovery in litigation because of the attorney - client privilege or the work - product doctrine.

A sufficient description of the document (s) must also be produced in order to establish the evidentiary basis for the privilege claimed (e.g. to establish that the document was created to prepare for reasonably apprehended litigation).

Appeared in the long running Kensington v Congo litigation including the important Court of Appeal decision in November 2007 [2008] 1 W.L.R. 1144 on the availability of the privilege against self - incrimination in respect of corruption and bribery claims.

In response to Suncor's claim to litigation privilege, the Ministry of Labour and the Government of Alberta asked the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench to order Suncor to provide information and records related to the workplace fatality.