Vice-Admiral Norman’s legal team challenges government claim of solicitor-client privilege GlobePolitics
. The government also claimed solicitor-client privilege over an entirely redacted 60-page memo that departing Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick penned to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Justice Heather Perkins-McVey, who will ultimately decide where privilege should be applied and which documents should be disclosed to ensure Vice-Adm. Norman has a fair trial, interjected. She said she felt that there was still “some remaining uncertainty” regarding documents that claimed solicitor-client privilege, and that it might be something the court revisited.
Defence Lawyer Christine Mainville in her opening arguments said the first stage is to determine “whether privilege is properly claimed” … adding the defence is trying to understand who the government is alleging is the client and the lawyer in each case.
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