{"id":7932,"date":"2022-01-31T19:32:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T00:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/360mediations.com\/en\/?p=7932"},"modified":"2022-01-31T19:32:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T00:32:20","slug":"lawyers-file-can-be-produced-to-the-other-side-in-the-right-circumstances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.360mediations.com\/en\/lawyers-file-can-be-produced-to-the-other-side-in-the-right-circumstances\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawyer\u2019s File can be Produced to the Other Side in the Right Circumstances"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This interesting case dealt with a request to have an opponent lawyer\u2019s file produced, which is generally considered private due to solicitor-client privilege.\u00a0 But in the right circumstances, a lawyer\u2019s file can be compellable and produced to the opposing side, and this case met that exception.\u00a0 The case was a family law dispute, where the parties entered into a settlement that one of the spouses wanted to resile from on the grounds that the settlement was never properly explained to them by their lawyer.\u00a0 The court concluded that based on the position of the resiling party, the solicitor-client privilege was waived, and a \u201cfull copy\u201d of their lawyer\u2019s file had to be produced.<\/p>\n<p><em>Shalaby v Nafei<\/em>, 2022 ONSC 561<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/on\/onsc\/doc\/2022\/2022onsc561\/2022onsc561.html\">https:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/on\/onsc\/doc\/2022\/2022onsc561\/2022onsc561.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 This interesting case dealt with a request to have an opponent lawyer\u2019s file produced, which is generally considered private due to solicitor-client privilege.\u00a0 But in the right circumstances, a lawyer\u2019s file can be compellable and produced to the opposing side, and this case met that exception.\u00a0 The case was a family law dispute, where&hellip; 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