Smith v Jones is a 1999 judgment of the Supreme Court of Canada that was decided on appeal from the British Columbia Court of Appeal."Smith v. Jones": Supreme Court Judgments, 1999-03-25 - 1 SCR 455 The Appellant sought to keep secret the professional opinion of the Respondent, a psychologist, whom the former had retained as part of his trial for aggravated assault of a prostitute. The Respondent had sought to publish his opinion of the Appellant's psychology because he felt that the Appellant posed a danger to society.
The Respondent sought to recover his costs, but the majority rejected him and decided that the Appellant had reason to believe that the solicitor-client privilege would prevail absent a court judgment to the contrary.
The 1976 Supreme Court of California decision Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California figured substantially in the ruling.
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