Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Nipps (Administrator) v Remagen Lend ADA Pty Ltd, in the matter of Adaman Resources Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed) (No 6) [2021] FCA 694 File number: WAD 95 of 2021
Judgment of: MCKERRACHER J
Date of judgment: 23 June 2021
Catchwords: LEGAL PROFESSIONAL PRIVILEGE – inspection of disputed documents to consider merits of privilege claim – where certain directors of a company and company secretary communicated with a legal adviser and other individuals – where lawyer-client relationship between the directors and company secretary in their personal capacities established by previous decision – whether inclusion of other individuals in the communications amounted to a waiver of privilege or affected their confidentiality
Legislation: Evidence Act 1995 (Cth)
Cases cited: Carna Group Pty Ltd v The Griffin Coal Mining Company (No 2) [2019] FCA 2209 Nipps (Administrator) v Remagen Lend ADA Pty Ltd, in the matter of Adaman Resources Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed) [2021] FCA 520 Nipps (Administrator) v Remagen Lend ADA Pty Ltd, in the matter of Adaman Resources Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed) (No 3) [2021] FCA 628
Division: General Division
Registry: Western Australia
National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations
Sub-area: Corporations and Corporate Insolvency
Number of paragraphs: 25
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