Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Asahi Holdings (Australia) Pty Ltd v Pacific Equity Partners Pty Limited (No 4) [2014] FCA 796 Citation: Asahi Holdings (Australia) Pty Ltd v Pacific Equity Partners Pty Limited (No 4) [2014] FCA 796
Parties: ASAHI HOLDINGS (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD (ACN 135 315 767) AND ANOTHER (NAMED IN THE ATTACHED SCHEDULE) v PACIFIC EQUITY PARTNERS PTY LIMITED (ACN 082 283 949) AND OTHERS (NAMED IN THE ATTACHED SCHEDULE)
File number: VID 87 of 2013
Judge: BEACH J
Date of judgment: 1 August 2014
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – subpoenae – legal professional privilege – advice privilege – common law principles – whether communications made for the dominant purpose of legal advice – communications made by or disseminated to third party non-legal advisers – distinction between legal advice and commercial, financial or other advice
Cases cited: Pratt Holdings Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation (2004) 136 FCR 357 Commissioner of Australian Federal Police v Propend Finance Pty Ltd (1997) 188 CLR 501
Date of hearing: 28 July 2014
Place: Melbourne
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 97
Counsel for the Applicants: Mr D Crennan
Solicitors for the Applicants: Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Counsel for the 2nd, 4th and 18th Respondents: Mr M Borsky
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