Archer Capital 4A Pty Ltd as trustee for the Archer Capital Trust 4A v Sage Group plc (No 3) [2013] FCA 1160

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Archer Capital 4A Pty Ltd as trustee for the Archer Capital Trust 4A v Sage Group plc (No 3) [2013] FCA 1160 Citation: Archer Capital 4A Pty Ltd as trustee for the Archer Capital Trust 4A v Sage Group plc (No 3) [2013] FCA 1160

Parties: ARCHER CAPITAL 4A PTY LTD AS TRUSTEE FOR THE ARCHER CAPITAL TRUST 4A (ACN 123 463 749) AND OTHERS NAMED IN SCHEDULE 1 v THE SAGE GROUP PLC

File number: NSD 1992 of 2011

Judge: WIGNEY J

Date of judgment: 8 November 2013

Catchwords: EVIDENCE – legal professional privilege – implied waiver – principles of implied waiver – actions involving client's state of mind – implied waiver by anticipated evidence EVIDENCE – discovery – adequacy of discovery – possession, custody or power

Legislation: Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)

Cases cited: Adelaide Steamship Co Limited v Spalvins (1998) 81 FCR 360 Apple v Wily [2002] NSWSC 855 Archer Capital 4A Pty Limited as trustee for the Archer Capital Trust 4A v Sage Group PLC (No 2) [2013] FCA 1098 Austral Dutch Kaolin Pty Ltd v Hanjin P&C Co Ltd [2011] FCA 638 B v B [1979] 1 All ER 801 Bell Group Ltd (in liq) v Westpac Banking Corporation (No 9) and (No 10) (2009) 39 WAR 1 Brookfield Multiplex Limited v the International Litigation Funding Partners Pty Ltd (No 2) (2009) 180 FCR 1 Campaign Master (UK) Limited v Forty Two International Pty Limited (No 4) [2010] FCA 398 Chen v City Convenience Leasing Proprietary Limited [2005] NSWCA 297 Commissioner of Taxation v Rio Tinto Limited (2006) 151 FCR 341 Cooper v Hobbs [2013] NSWCA 70 Council of the NSW Bar Association v Archer (2008) 72 NSWLR 236 DSE (Holdings) Pty Ltd v Intertan Inc (2003) 127 FCR 499 DSE (Holdings) Pty Ltd v Intertan Inc (2003) 135 FCR 15 Equuscorp Pty Limited v Kanisha Corp Limited [1999] ATPR 41-697 Esso Australia Resources v Commissioner of Taxation (1999) 201 CLR 49 Farrow Mortgage Services (In Liq) v Webb (1996) 39 NSWLR 601 Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (1979) 143 CLR 499 Ferella v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2010) 188 FCR 68 Hardcastle v Advanced Mining Technologies Pty Ltd [2001] FCA 1846 Mann v Carnell (1999) 201 CLR 1 Mcdougall v On Q Group Ltd v [2007] VSC 184 SA E.Med Pty Ltd v Calvary Healthcare Adelaide Ltd (No 2) [2011] FCA 835 Sargent v ASL Developments Ltd (1974) 131 CLR 634 Seven Network Ltd v News Ltd (2006) 227 ALR 704 South Australia v Barrett (1995) 64 SASR 73 Stern v Sekers [2010] NSWSC 59 Tan v St George Bank [2005] WASC 143 Wayne Lawrence Pty Limited v Hunt [1999] NSWSC 1044