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 intention” is at issue,communications that are otherwise privilegedmay be disclosed• in both the interest of the client and the interestof justice that the relevant evidence of thesolicitor be admitted• Geffen v. Goodman Estate 1991 SCC expandedto include inter vivos trusts containing life andremainder interests7
What is The Wills Exception? (cont’d)Cases Subsequent to Geffen• Fawcett Estate v. Steiner 1998 BCSC• Wood v. Wilkie 2012 BCSC• BUT SEE Kreeft v. Kreeft 2006 BCSC8
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