Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Fair Work Ombudsman v Hu [2017] FCA 1081 File number: QUD 708 of 2016
Judge: RANGIAH J
Date of judgment: 14 September 2017
Catchwords: EVIDENCE – privilege against exposure to penalty – whether privilege waived by admissions and positive allegations in defence – whether privilege may be waived by lawyer acting with the ostensible authority of person entitled to claim privilege – whether privilege waived by contract
Legislation: Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) s 187 Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) ss 45 and 793
Cases cited: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v FFE Building Services Pty Ltd (2003) 130 FCR 37 Anderson v Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2012] 2 Qd R 401 Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Mining Projects Group Ltd (2007) 164 FCR 32 Attorney-General for the Northern Territory v Maurice (1986) 161 CLR 475 Birrell v Australian National Airlines Commission (1984) 1 FCR 526 Bridal Fashions Pty Ltd v Comptroller-General of Customs (1995) 17 WAR 499 Daniels Corporation International Pty Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (2002) 213 CLR 543 Devine Marine Group Pty Ltd v Fair Work Ombudsman [2013] FCA 442 Dunstan v Orr (2008) 217 FCR 559 Expense Reduction Analysts Group Pty Ltd v Armstrong Strategic Management and Marketing Pty Ltd (2013) 250 CLR 303 Gemmell v Le Roi Homestyle Cookies Pty Ltd (in liq) (2004) 46 VR 583 Goldberg v Ng (1995) 185 CLR 83 Hadgkiss v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union [2005] FCA 1453 JL Holdings Pty Ltd v State of Queensland (1996) 71 FCR 545 John Holland Pty Ltd v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (No 2) [2011] FCA 368 McDonald v Australian Securities and Investments Commission (2007) 73 NSWLR 612 Meltend Pty Ltd v Restoration Clinics of Australia Pty Ltd (1997) 75 FCR 511 Microsoft Corporation v CX Computer Pty Ltd (2002) 116 FCR 372 One Tel (in liq) v Rich (2005) 53 ACSR 623 Refrigerated Express Lines (A/Asia) Pty Ltd v Australian Meat and Live-Stock Corporation (1979) 42 FLR 204 Siebe Gorman & Co Ltd v Pneupac Ltd [1982] 1 WLR 185 Sovereign Motor Inns Pty Ltd v Bevillesta Pty Ltd [2000] NSWSC 521 Trade Practices Commission v Abbco Ice Works Pty Ltd (1994) 52 FCR 96
We try to embed the page this law was scraped from. If the site blocks framing, you still get the link and a local excerpt.
Last checked with source on —
Checking whether the official page can be embedded…
Plain-English simplify of this law: a short summary, key points, and both sides of the argument. Generated on first view via Replicate, then cached. Vote on what helps your study.
No study brief is cached for this law yet. Sign up to generate a plain-English brief.
Sign up to generate