Other Cases
The citations are linked to the Decision Reports on Canadian Legal Information Institute (CANLII).
OTHER CASES OF INTEREST |
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| Citation | Court/Issue |
| Blank v. Canada (Minister of Justice), 2006 SCC 39 ; [2006] 2 S.C.R. 319. | Supreme Court Of Canada Law of professions; Barristers and solicitors; Solicitor; client privilege; Litigation privilege; Distinction between solicitor; client privilege and litigation privilege; Nature, scope and duration of litigation privilege. |
| Ontario (Public Safety and Security) v. Criminal Lawyers’ Association, 2010 SCC 23, [2010] 1 S.C.R. 815. | Supreme Court Of Canada Access to information; Access to records; Exemptions; Minister refusing to disclose records relating to murder case, claiming exemptions under freedom of information legislation; Whether constitutional guarantee of freedom of expression protects access to information; If so, in what circumstances; Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 2(b); Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. F.31, ss. 14, 19, 23. |
| Dagg v. Canada (Minister of Finance), [1997] 2 S.C.R. 403. | Supreme Court Of Canada Access to information; Privacy; Personal information; Request made for sign-in logs of government department; Personal identifying features deleted from information; Whether information should be disclosed; Whether part of information can be withheld because “personal information”; Access to Information Act |
| Canada (Privacy Commissioner) v. Blood Tribe Department of Health, [2008] 2 S.C.R. 574, 2008 SCC 44. | Supreme Court of Canada Privacy; Investigations of complaints; Powers of Privacy Commissioner; Production of documents; Solicitor; client privilege; Dismissed employee filing complaint with Commissioner and seeking access to her personal employment information; Employer claiming solicitor client privilege over some documents; Whether Commissioner can compel production of privileged documents; Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, S.C. 2000, c. 5, s. 12. |
| School District No. 49 (Central Coast) v. British Columbia (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2012 BCSC 427 (CanLII). | Supreme Court of British Columbia The Court dealt with the issue of whether the B.C. Commissioner had jurisdiction to adjudicate claims of solicitor-client privilege where a public body had refused disclosure based on the solicitor-client exception to disclosure set out in section 14 of B.C.'s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. The Court in reaching the conclusion that the Commissioner had such jurisdiction relied on the decision of the Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal in Newfoundland and Labrador (Attorney General) v. Newfoundland and Labrador (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 200901T1345 (CanLII). The Court in discussing whether the B.C. Commissioner had the power to compel the production of records for which solicitor-client privilege had been claim adopted the reasoning of the Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal in Newfoundland and Labrador (Attorney General) v. Newfoundland and Labrador (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 200901T1345 (CanLII). |
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