Investigation Report: FIPPA Refused Access – Manitoba Justice
investigations & monitoring
fippa
Summary
Provisions 27(1)(a) and (b).
An individual requested access to records of payments to a law firm related to a third party’s lawsuits against the Manitoba government. The department refused access on the basis of solicitor-client privilege and that disclosure would be harmful to law enforcement or legal proceedings. Our office concluded that the records would reveal information that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, and since this provision applied, our office did not consider whether disclosure would be harmful to law enforcement or legal proceedings. The complaint was not supported.
Case 2019-0070