Good faith requires a party to a contract whose actions or words have created a false impression in the mind of a counterparty to take positive steps to correct it, the Supreme Court of Canada recently held in C.M. Callow...more
The common law anti-deprivation rule is alive and well in Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada held in an 8-1 decision in Chandos Construction Ltd. v Deloitte Restructuring Inc., 2020 SCC 25 [Chandos]. Under the rule, parties...more
Solicitor-client privilege extends not only to legal advice provided directly to a client, but to the whole "continuum of communications" in which the advice is given, the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench recently confirmed in...more
Supreme Court of Canada Revives Correctness Test for Interpreting Standard Form Contracts -
There is a new exception to the new Canadian approach for reviewing the interpretation of contracts: a trial court’s...more
This guide to solicitor-client privilege and litigation privilege does not replace specific legal advice.
Legal Privilege -
Privilege provides special protection that exempts certain documents and other forms...more