Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
UIL (Singapore) Pte Ltd v Wollongong Coal Limited [2023] FCA 1578 File number: VID 312 of 2020
Judgment of: BEACH J
Date of judgment: 12 December 2023
Catchwords: LEGAL PROFESSIONAL PRIVILEGE – waiver of privilege – application of common law test for waiver – onus of establishing waiver – confidentiality of legal advice – disclosure of information to third party – whether an implied obligation to maintain confidentiality – disclosure to a related body corporate – whether inconsistent with maintenance of privilege – common interest privilege – no waiver of privilege in all the circumstances
Legislation: United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
Cases cited: Expense Reduction Analysts Group Pty Ltd v Armstrong Strategic Management and Marketing Pty Ltd (2013) 250 CLR 303 Farrow Mortgage Services Pty Ltd (in liq) v Webb (1996) 39 NSWLR 601 GEC Marconi Systems Pty Ltd v BHP Information Technology Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 593 Hamilton v State of New South Wales [2016] NSWSC 1213 Hastie Group Ltd (in liq) v Moore (2016) 339 ALR 635 Mann v Carnell (1999) 201 CLR 1 Network Ten Ltd v Capital Television Holdings Ltd (1995) 36 NSWLR 275 at 279 Osland v Secretary, Department of Justice (2008) 234 CLR 275 Rank Film Distributors Ltd v ENT Ltd (1994) 4 Tas R 281 Rickard Constructions Pty Ltd v Rickard Hails Moretti Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 234 Southern Cross Airlines Holdings Ltd (in liq) v Arthur Andersen & Co (1998) 84 FCR 472 Spotless Group Ltd v Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd (2006) 16 VR 1 Walker v Wimborne (1976) 137 CLR 1
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