§ 49.385. Waiver of privilege by voluntary disclosure

49.385. Waiver of privilege by voluntary disclosure

1. A person upon whom these rules confer a privilege against disclosure of a confidential matter waives the privilege if the person or the person’s predecessor while holder of the privilege voluntarily discloses or consents to disclosure of any significant part of the matter.

2. This section does not apply if the disclosure is:

(a) Itself a privileged communication; or

(b) Made to an interpreter employed merely to facilitate communications.