Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company v Apotex Pty Ltd (No 3) [2012] FCA 1310 Citation: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company v Apotex Pty Ltd (No 3) [2012] FCA 1310
Parties: BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY and OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD v APOTEX PTY LTD (ACN 096 916 148)
File number: NSD 1116 of 2009
Judge: YATES J
Date of judgment: 23 November 2012
Catchwords: PRIVILEGE – whether notes made by expert while observing experiment covered by legal professional privilege – whether privilege waived where notes used to make an affidavit filed in the proceeding
Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 37M, 37N
Cases cited: Attorney-General for the Northern Territory v Maurice (1986) 161 CLR 475 Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Southcorp Ltd (2003) 46 ACSR 438 AWB Ltd v Cole (No 5) (2006) 155 FCR 30 Esso Australia Resources Limited v Commissioner of Taxation of the Commonwealth of Australia (1999) 201 CLR 49 Grant v Downs (1976) 135 CLR 674 Great Atlantic Insurance Co v Home Insurance Co [1981] 1 WLR 529 Interchase Corporation Limited (in liq) v Grosvenor Hill (Queensland) Pty Ltd (No 1) [1999] 1 Qd R 141 Mann v Carnell (1999) 201 CLR 1 Optiver Australia Pty Ltd v Tibra Trading Pty Ltd (No 5) [2012] FCA 1226 Pratt Holdings Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation (2004) 136 FCR 357 Trade Practices Commission v Sterling (1979) 36 FLR 244
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