Ontario Barrister Practice Questions - Ontario Barrister Licensing Examination Exam

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A client tells her lawyer in confidence that she intends to harm a specific identified individual the following week. Under the Rules of Professional Conduct, the duty of confidentiality in Rule 3.3 may be displaced in which situation?

Whenever disclosure would assist the administration of justice generally Never, because solicitor-client confidentiality is absolute in Ontario Only with the express written consent of the client Where the lawyer believes on reasonable grounds that there is an imminent risk of death or serious bodily harm and disclosure is necessary to prevent it

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Where the lawyer believes on reasonable grounds that there is an imminent risk of death or serious bodily harm and disclosure is necessary to prevent it

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