In Re Klemann

The controlling questions in this case are whether the books, records and documents are rele vant and material and whether the casualty report constitutes a privileged communication.

Directing, first, our attention to the question of privileged communications; the law exacts disclosure of the truth in all proceedings except to the extent that non-disclosure is protected by constitutional provision or statutory enactment.

The philosophy behind exemption from disclosure of privileged communications is well stated in Anderson v. Bank of British Columbia, (1876) Chancery, L. R. 2 Ch. D., 644, 649.…