Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Oztech Pty Ltd v The Public Trustee of Queensland (No 5) [2016] FCA 333 File number: NSD 937 of 2014
Judge: PERRAM J
Date of judgment: 24 March 2016
Catchwords: EVIDENCE – legal professional privilege – waiver – communications involving in-house lawyers
Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) Part IVA Public Trustee Act 1978 (Qld)
Cases cited: Archer Capital 4A Pty Ltd v Sage Group Plc (No 2) (2013) 306 ALR 384 Commonwealth v Verwayen (1990) 170 CLR 394 Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v Archer (2008) 72 NSWLR 236 Craine v Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Co (1920) 28 CLR 305 Mann v Carnell (1999) 201 CLR 1 New South Wales v Betfair Pty Ltd (2009) 180 FCR 543 Osland v Secretary, Department of Justice (2008) 234 CLR 275 Sargent v ASL Developments Ltd (1974) 131 CLR 634
Date of hearing: 15 March 2016
Registry: New South Wales
Division: General Division
National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations
Sub-area: Corporations and Corporate Insolvency
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 45
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr C Withers, Mr A Hochroth and Mr R May
Solicitor for the Applicant: Squire Patton Boggs
Counsel for the Respondent: Mr D O'Sullivan QC and Mr J O'Regan
Solicitor for the Respondent: Clayton Utz
ORDERS NSD 937 of 2014
BETWEEN: OZTECH PTY LTD Applicant
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