Privilege
Does an employer have to produce a third-party investigator's report in the course of litigation?
Does an employer have to produce a third-party investigator's report in the course of litigation?
The BC Supreme Court addressed this issue recently in Bank of Montreal v. Tortora, 2009 BCSC 1224, where the defendant former employees brought an application seeking that the Bank of Montreal (the "Bank"):
- produce the documents in a third-party investigator's files; and
- provide a list of documents over which it claimed privilege that satisfied the requirements of Rule 26(2.1) (i.e., list the documents individually and describe them so that the validity of the privilege claim could be tested).
Background
The Bank dismissed two long-term employees on December 3, 2008 and filed a lawsuit against them on January 6, 2009, claiming that: read more »
Presentation: "Reference Letters"
I presented a paper on "Reference Letters" at the Employment Law Conference, Continuing Legal Education seminar that was held in Vancouver on May 11 and 12, 2006.
