Discovery is going to take a long time.
Also to be noted why we may never hear anything for a looooooong while:
Rules on legal professional privilege, confidentiality or professional secrecy
A lawyer’s duty of confidentiality is a broad obligation that covers all information concerning the business and affairs of the client acquired in the course of the professional relationship.
Privilege is a subset of this duty of confidentiality and is both an evidentiary rule of law and constitutionally protected right concerning oral or documentary communications between a client and their lawyer.
Non-contentious matters
Lawyers must protect all information concerning the business and affairs of the client acquired during the professional relationship, regardless of its source. This includes information that may not seem directly relevant to the matter at issue. The duty of confidentiality extends beyond the end of the lawyer-client relationship. Unless legally required or authorised by the client, a lawyer should not reveal having been retained by a client about a particular matter or the identity of any client, regardless of whether a lawyer-client relationship has been formally established.
Settlement privilege
As described by the Supreme Court of Canada, settlement privilege “wraps a protective veil around the efforts parties make to settle their disputes by ensuring that communications made in the course of these negotiations are inadmissible” (Sable Offshore Energy Inc. v Ameron International, 2013 SCC 37). It applies to both communications and documents created for the intended purpose of settlement or settlement negotiations.
Generally, a document or communication will only be protected if:
• A litigious dispute is in existence or reasonably contemplated.
• The communication is made with the express or implied intention that it will not be disclosed to the court in the event negotiations fail.
• The purpose of the communication is to attempt to effect settlement.
Although privilege may be more easily asserted if the communication or document is marked “without prejudice”, this marking is not a prerequisite to a claim of settlement privilege.