British Columbia (Attorney General) v. Lee, 2017 BCCA 219
| Jurisdiction | British Columbia |
| Judge | Hunter,Bennett,MacKenzie |
| Citation | 2017 BCCA 219 |
| Docket Number | CA43654 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (British Columbia) |
| Date | 08 June 2017 |
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Table of cases
...and Privacy Commissioner), 2011 BCSC 112 ............................................. 169 British Columbia (Attorney General) v Lee, 2017 BCCA 219 ........................... 188 British Columbia (Minister of Small Business, Tourism and Culture) v British Columbia (Information and Privacy ......
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Privileges, Protections, and Immunities
...Pritchard v Ontario (Human Rights Commission) , [2004] 1 SCR 809 at para 20 [ Pritchard ]. 56 British Columbia (Attorney General) v Lee , 2017 BCCA 219 at para 40. 57 Maranda v Richer , [2003] 3 SCR 193. 58 Canada (Attorney General) v Chambre des notaires du Québec , [2016] 1 SCR 336 at par......
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Table of cases
...226 British Columbia (Attorney General) v Lee, 2017 BCCA 219 ...........................300 British Columbia (Attorney General) v Malik, [2011] 1 SCR 657 ..............191, 653 British Columbia Lottery Corporation (Re), 2018 BCIPC 8 ...............................327 British Columbia Securi......
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Access to Information in the Public Sector
...53 at para 43 [ University of Calgary ]. 302 Blank FCA 2016, above note 260 at para 60. 303 British Columbia (Attorney General) v Lee , 2017 BCCA 219 at para 52. 304 The SCC has repeatedly stated that the protection of solicitor-client privilege should be “as close to absolute as possible”:......
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8 cases
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0678786 BC Ltd v Bennett Jones LLP, 2021 ABCA 62
...disclosure occurred because of the undisciplined execution of an Anton Piller order. In British Columbia (Attorney General) v Lee, 2017 BCCA 219 at para. 59, 414 DLR (4th) 635 the documents were disclosed as a result of the type of administrative error that is “bound to occur from ti......
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Halcrow v. Kapawe'no First Nation, 2021 FC 219
...this letter is solicitor-client communication and Ms. Cunningham cannot waive the privilege (British Columbia (Attorney General) v Lee, 2017 BCCA 219 at paras 52-60). In any event, I note that the letter post-dates the election and post-dates the decision of the Appeal Committee. Therefore,......
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Pinnacle Gaming Solutions Inc. v. BC Lottery Corporation, 2019 BCSC 1501
...Corporation v South Coast Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, 2011 BCSC 88 and British Columbia (Attorney General) v. Lee, 2017 BCCA 219. …In Camp Development Corporation v. South Cost Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, Voith J. [40] ......
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Cherokee Canada Inc v Alberta, 2021 ABQB 848
...(Department of Justice), 2006 SCC 39; Blood Tribe v Canada (Attorney General), 2010 ABCA 112; British Columbia (Attorney General) v Lee, 2017 BCCA 219; Calgary (Police Service) v Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2019 ABQB Canada (Attorney General) v Chad, 2018 FC 556; Canada ......
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5 firm's commentaries
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Best Practices To Adopt In Reaction To The Unauthorized Communication Or Retrieval Of Privileged Information
...(hereafter "Brewer"), 2021 ONSC 5697. 10. Brewer, at para. 13-16. 11. British Columbia (Attorney General) v. Lee (hereafter "Lee"), 2017 BCCA 219, at para. 56, 57 and 12. Lee, at para. 62-63. 13. Bennett Jones LLP, at para. 26-28. 14. The Quebec Code of Professional Conduct of Lawyers CQLR ......
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Internal Investigations And Disclosure Of Sensitive Information: What Protections Can Legal Privileges Offer?
...v Greater Vancouver Regional District Employees' Union, 2015 CanLII 87692 (BC LA). 8 British Columbia (Attorney General) v. Lee, 2017 BCCA 219, 50; Alberta (Municipal Affairs) v Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2019 ABQB 274; Bank of Montreal v. Tortora, 2010 BCSC 1430, 12. 9......
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Legal Privilege, Email And The Continuum Of Communication
...jurisdictions that adopted the concept of a "continuum of communications" surrounding legal advice. In British Columbia (AG) v Lee, 2017 BCCA 219, the BC Court of Appeal held that an email chain containing staff discussion about a lawyer's advice was privileged because it was part of the "c......
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What Communications Between A Lawyer And Client Are Protected By Solicitor-Client Privilege?
...matters within the solicitor-client relationship, the BC Court of Appeal recently held in British Columbia (Attorney General) v. Lee, 2017 BCCA 219 In Lee, a government employee inadvertently released a 19-page package of email exchanges between a government lawyer and staff in response to ......
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5 books & journal articles
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Table of cases
...and Privacy Commissioner), 2011 BCSC 112 ............................................. 169 British Columbia (Attorney General) v Lee, 2017 BCCA 219 ........................... 188 British Columbia (Minister of Small Business, Tourism and Culture) v British Columbia (Information and Privacy ......
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Privileges, Protections, and Immunities
...Pritchard v Ontario (Human Rights Commission) , [2004] 1 SCR 809 at para 20 [ Pritchard ]. 56 British Columbia (Attorney General) v Lee , 2017 BCCA 219 at para 40. 57 Maranda v Richer , [2003] 3 SCR 193. 58 Canada (Attorney General) v Chambre des notaires du Québec , [2016] 1 SCR 336 at par......
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Table of cases
...226 British Columbia (Attorney General) v Lee, 2017 BCCA 219 ...........................300 British Columbia (Attorney General) v Malik, [2011] 1 SCR 657 ..............191, 653 British Columbia Lottery Corporation (Re), 2018 BCIPC 8 ...............................327 British Columbia Securi......
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Access to Information in the Public Sector
...53 at para 43 [ University of Calgary ]. 302 Blank FCA 2016, above note 260 at para 60. 303 British Columbia (Attorney General) v Lee , 2017 BCCA 219 at para 52. 304 The SCC has repeatedly stated that the protection of solicitor-client privilege should be “as close to absolute as possible”:......
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