AARC Society v Sparks, 2018 ABCA 177

JudgeThe Honourable Mr. Justice Brian O’Ferrall; The Honourable Mr. Justice Thomas W. Wakeling; The Honourable Madam Justice Frederica Schutz
CourtCourt of Appeal (Alberta)
Case DateWednesday May 09, 2018
JurisdictionAlberta
Citations2018 ABCA 177

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6 practice notes
  • Privileges, Protections, and Immunities
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Evidence. Eighth Edition
    • June 25, 2020
    ...note 6 at 398, and Shirose , above note 24 at para 49. 51 Cushing v Hood , 2007 NSSC 97, aff’d 2008 NSCA 47. 52 AARC Society v Sparks , 2018 ABCA 177 at para 2 [ Sparks ]. 53 Douglas v Canada (Attorney General) , 2014 FC 299. THE LAW OF EVIDENCE 300 Even in the context of more traditional s......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Evidence. Eighth Edition
    • June 25, 2020
    ...332 A(LL) v B(A), [1995] 4 SCR 536 .......................................................................... 372 AARC Society v Sparks, 2018 ABCA 177 .................................................... 299, 306 Accurso v Quebec (Charbonneau Commission), 2014 QCCA 1128, leave to appeal ref......
  • Rumancik v Hardy,
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • November 8, 2024
    ...the Court) in contrast to the second stage (whether to order that the records be disclosed for use in the trial): AARC Society v Sparks, 2018 ABCA 177 at para 5; R v Iyer, 2014 ABQB 283 at para 25 - 35; Scott & Associates Engineering Ltd v Ghost Pine Windfarm, LP, 2011 ABQB 339 at para ......
  • Real Estate Council of Alberta v Moser, 2019 ABQB 106
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • February 19, 2019
    ...their client for the purpose of seeking legal advice: Descôteaux v Mierzwinski, [1982] 1 SCR 860 at 872-3; AARC Society v Sparks, 2018 ABCA 177 at para 2. [20]        This privilege extends to in-house counsel acting in their capacity as lawyers by gi......
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3 cases
  • Real Estate Council of Alberta v Moser
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • February 19, 2019
    ...their client for the purpose of seeking legal advice: Descôteaux v Mierzwinski, [1982] 1 SCR 860 at 872-3; AARC Society v Sparks, 2018 ABCA 177 at para 2. [20]        This privilege extends to in-house counsel acting in their capacity as lawyers by gi......
  • Petrone v Aubin
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • March 21, 2022
    ...duty to the client. [30]        Mr. Kinash in paragraph 57 of this brief cites AARC Society v Sparks, 2018 ABCA 177 at paras 5 and 9 as authority for the proposition that solicitor-client communications “made in furtherance of or to facilitate the c......
  • AARC Society v Sparks
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • August 29, 2018
    ...referred. That judge may, but need not, be the chambers judge who granted the order that is under appeal”: AARC Society v Sparks, 2018 ABCA 177 at para 14 (“Decision”). [2]           The applicants rely on an affidavit c......
2 books & journal articles
  • Privileges, Protections, and Immunities
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Evidence. Eighth Edition
    • June 25, 2020
    ...note 6 at 398, and Shirose , above note 24 at para 49. 51 Cushing v Hood , 2007 NSSC 97, aff’d 2008 NSCA 47. 52 AARC Society v Sparks , 2018 ABCA 177 at para 2 [ Sparks ]. 53 Douglas v Canada (Attorney General) , 2014 FC 299. THE LAW OF EVIDENCE 300 Even in the context of more traditional s......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Evidence. Eighth Edition
    • June 25, 2020
    ...332 A(LL) v B(A), [1995] 4 SCR 536 .......................................................................... 372 AARC Society v Sparks, 2018 ABCA 177 .................................................... 299, 306 Accurso v Quebec (Charbonneau Commission), 2014 QCCA 1128, leave to appeal ref......