Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Ansell Healthcare Products LLC v Reckitt Benckiser (Australia) Pty Limited [2016] FCA 506 File number: NSD 1180 of 2014
Judge: RARES J
Date of judgment: 7 April 2016
Catchwords: EVIDENCE – legal professional privilege – where party who claimed prejudice if opponent granted leave to withdraw admissions in pleading had waived privilege in earlier results of tests it had performed on subject matter of litigation – where prior to litigation party had written to party now seeking to withdraw admissions asserting belief in its right to sue the other that suggested that asserting party had evidence to support its belief – whether such assertion waived legal professional privilege in any communications or documents relied on to make pre-litigation assertions
Cases cited: Attorney-General (NT) v Maurice (1986) 161 CLR 475 Mann v Carnell (1999) 201 CLR 1
Date of hearing: 7 April 2016
Registry: New South Wales
Division: General Division
National Practice Area: Intellectual Property
Sub-area: Patents and associated Statutes
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 20
Counsel for the Applicants: Mr C Dimitriadis SC with Mr C Burgess
Solicitor for the Applicants: Spruson and Ferguson
Counsel for the Respondents: Ms K Howard SC with Mr J Cooke
Solicitor for the Respondents: Corrs Chambers Westgarth
ORDERS NSD 1180 of 2014
BETWEEN: ANSELL HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS LLC First Applicant
ANSELL LIMITED (ACN 004 085 330) Second Applicant
AND: RECKITT BENCKISER (AUSTRALIA) PTY LIMITED (ACN 003 274 655) First Respondent
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