加拿大最高法院允许律师获得特权客户信息为自己辩护,支持沙龙·福克斯无罪开释。 Canada's Supreme Court allows lawyers to access privileged client info to defend themselves, upholding Sharon Fox’s acquittal.

加拿大最高法院裁定,律师在自己的无罪受到威胁时,可以使用特许客户通信为自己辩护,从而确立了律师-客户保密的新例外。 The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that lawyers may access privileged client communications to defend themselves when their own innocence is at stake, establishing a new exception to solicitor-client confidentiality. 在一项7-2裁决中,法院维持了对Regina律师Sharon Fox的无罪开释。 Sharon Fox被控妨碍司法,因为录音电话显示,她警告其委托人警察搜查,建议销毁证据。 In a 7-2 decision, the court upheld the acquittal of Regina lawyer Sharon Fox, who was charged with obstruction of justice after a recorded call revealed she warned her client about police searches and advised evidence destruction. 法院认为,一名文职监察员在皇家骑警监听期间侵犯隐私损害了公众对司法系统的信心,律师获得公平审判的权利不能在律师要求获得特许材料之前受到损害。 The court found that the breach of privacy by a civilian monitor during an RCMP wiretap undermined public confidence in the justice system, and that a lawyer’s right to a fair trial cannot be compromised before they can request access to privileged material. 裁决规定了适用此类例外的指导原则,平衡了客户保密的需要与基本公平。 The ruling sets guiding principles for when such exceptions apply, balancing the need for client confidentiality with fundamental fairness.