Crown Privilege in Regard to Upper Echelon Government Documentation

Resumen

This article reviews the common law pertaining to the manner in which courts have entertained claims of privilege by Crown authorities when the latter are requested to produce documents or submit to discovery. In considering the issue it deals specifically with executive level documentation and by examining recent trends, attempts to isolate some of the matters that must be addressed when a party attempts to wrench such material from the government’s grasp.