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PRIVILEGED REPORT [2 records]

Record 1 2013-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

It is usually held that an agent's report to his principal though made in confidence is not privileged as such, and looked on as a mere preexisting document it would not become privileged when sent by the client principal to his lawyer .... [in the case of] an employee ... who can be said to "speak" for the employer, it is an easy step to treat as privileged a report secured by the employer from his employee for the purpose of submitting it to counsel in connection with an actual or anticipated claim or suit. Numerous decisions treat these special reports as exempt from discovery under the privilege for attorney-client communications. (McCormick, p. 203)

CONT

Proposals for exchange of expert reports "do not abrogate the rule of privilege; they relate only to notice being given of evidence it is intended to lead and they give no indication of any power in the Court to order privileged reports to be disclosed". (Fed./Prov. Task Force, p. 99).

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

rapport privilégié; rapport protégé : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 1988-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Private Law
DEF

Privileged reports: ... fair and accurate reports of certain official proceedings which are considered deserving of qualified or even absolute privilege because of the public interest in full information concerning the administration of public affairs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit privé
OBS

publication privilégiée : Terme emprunté au droit civil. Dans le contexte de la diffamation.

Spanish

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