Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – subpoena – claim of client legal privilege – common interest privilege – waiver – relationship between ss 118, 119 and 122 of Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) and common law principles – limited role of "common interest" under Act. Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) ss 118, 119, 122 Adelaide Steamship Company Limited v Spalvins (1998) 152 ALR 418, applied Akins v Abigroup (unreported, NSW Court of Appeal, 1 June 1998), applied Telstra Corporation Ltd v BT Australia Pty Ltd (unreported, FCA/FC, 24 July 1998), applied
NMFM PROPERTY PTY LTD v CITIBANK SAVINGS LTD NG 765 of 1994 LINDGREN J SYDNEY 23 SEPTEMBER 1998
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY NG 765 of 1994
BETWEEN: NMFM Property Pty Limited (Formerly National Mutual Property Services (Australia) Pty Limited)
First Applicant
National Mutual Assets Management Limited
Second Applicant
The national Mutual Life Association of Australasia Limited
Third Applicant
AND: Citibank Savings Limited
Respondent
JUDGE: LINDGREN J
DATE OF ORDER: 23 SEPTEMBER 1998
WHERE MADE: SYDNEY
THE COURT ORDERS THAT: 1. Subject to order 2, further consideration of the claim of client legal privilege be stood over to the resumption of the trial on 13 October. 2. Each party have liberty to restore the matter on 24 hours' notice during the week commencing Tuesday 6 October. Note: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules.
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY NG 765 of 1994
BETWEEN: NMFM Property Pty Limited (Formerly National Mutual Property Services (Australia) Pty Limited)
First Applicant
National Mutual Assets Management Limited
We try to embed the page this law was scraped from. If the site blocks framing, you still get the link and a local excerpt.
Last checked with source on —
Checking whether the official page can be embedded…
Plain-English simplify of this law: a short summary, key points, and both sides of the argument. Generated on first view via Replicate, then cached. Vote on what helps your study.
No study brief is cached for this law yet. Sign up to generate a plain-English brief.
Sign up to generate