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WAIVE PRIVILEGE [2 records]

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Record 1 2013-09-30

English

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

Ordinarily a privilege is held by a person, who can assert or waive it. (Fed./Prov. Task Force, p. 446)

OBS

[Legal professional privilege] may ... be waived by the client (though not by the solicitor), either expressly or impliedly - e.g. by the client being examined by his counsel as to the privileged matter .... Similarly the privilege is waived if a copy of the privilege document is sent to the opposing side. (Phipson, 13th ed., 1982, p. 305)

French

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

renoncer à un privilège : terme normalisé 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 1987-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private Law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit privé

Spanish

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