Solicitor Client Privilege in the Estate Context - Clark Wilson LLP
Solicitor Client Privilege in the Estate Context - Clark Wilson LLP
Solicitor Client Privilege in the Estate Context - Clark Wilson LLP
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What is The Wills Exception? (cont’d)• where a testator’s “true <strong>in</strong>tention” is at issue,communications that are o<strong>the</strong>rwise privilegedmay be disclosed• <strong>in</strong> both <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>terest of <strong>the</strong> client and <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>terestof justice that <strong>the</strong> relevant evidence of <strong>the</strong>solicitor be admitted• Geffen v. Goodman <strong>Estate</strong> 1991 SCC expandedto <strong>in</strong>clude <strong>in</strong>ter vivos trusts conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g life andrema<strong>in</strong>der <strong>in</strong>terests7
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