Does a letter sent to a lawyer who, on receipt, places the letter in the client’s file become property of the client?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Marra v. The Queen, 2016 TCC 24 (CanLII):
During consideration of this matter I requested counsel’s views whether a letter sent to a lawyer who, on receipt, places the letter in the client’s file becomes property of the client and thus “received” by the client, bearing in mind that the content of a lawyer’s file are property of the client: Aggio v. Rosenberg.[10] For the reasons already given, I need not consider arguments of counsel in this area of law.
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