Kanjian v Kanjian (No 2) [2021] NSWSC 14

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Kanjian v Kanjian (No 2) [2021] NSWSC 14 Hearing dates: 2 September 2020 Date of orders: 22 January 2021 Decision date: 22 January 2021 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Henry J Decision: Notices to produce set aside. See paragraph [123]. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – application to set aside notices to produce by court appointed receivers authorised to defend certain proceedings – where first defendant seeks production of legal advice provided to receivers during their conduct of the proceedings – whether notices to produce specified the documents to be produced – whether the legal advice is likely to materially assist on the Court's determination of the receivers' remuneration – whether references to legal advice in receivers' affidavit amounts to waiver of legal professional privilege Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 122 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 34.1 Cases Cited: Archer Capital 4A Pty Ltd as trustee for the Archer Capital Trust 4A v Sage Group plc (No 2) [2013] FCA 1098 Cantor v Audi Australia Pty Ltd [2016] FCA 1391 Chen v City Convenience Leasing Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 297 Col Crawford Pty Ltd v Nissan Motor Co (Australia) Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 87 Commissioner of Taxation v Rio Tinto Ltd (2006) 151 FCR 341; [2006] FCAFC 86 Council of the NSW Bar Association v Archer (2008) 72 NSWLR 236; [2008] NSWCA 164 DSE (Holdings) Pty Ltd v Intertan Inc (2003) 127 FCR 499; [2003] FCA 384 Expense Reduction Analysts Group Pty Ltd v Armstrong Strategic Management and Marketing Pty Ltd (2013) 250 CLR 303; [2013] HCA 46 Ferella v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2010) 188 FCR 68; [2010] FCA 766 Hastie Group Ltd (in liq) v Moore [2016] NSWCA 305 ICAP Pty Ltd v Moebes [2009] NSWSC 306 In the matter of Australasian Barristers Chambers Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 799 In the matter of Banksia Securities Ltd (in liq) [2017] NSWSC 540 In the matter of Gondon Five Pty Ltd and CUI Family Asset Management Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 469 Kanjian v Kanjian [2019] NSWSC 166 Koolan Iron Ore Pty Ltd v Infrassure Ltd [2020] FCA 233 Mann v Carnell (1999) 201 CLR 1; [1999] HCA 66 Osland v Secretary to the Department of Justice (2008) 234 CLR 275; [2008] HCA 37 Patonga Beach Holdings Pty Ltd v Lyons [2009] NSWSC 869 Re Barokes Pty Ltd (in liq) [2020] VSC 555 Rinehart v Rinehart [2018] NSWSC 1102 Senses Northbridge Pty Ltd v Sahab Holdings Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 1201 Viterra Malt Pty Ltd v Cargill Australia Ltd (2018) 58 VR 333; [2018] VSCA 118 Xinfeng Australia International Investment Pty Ltd v GR Capital Group Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 620 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Bradley John Tonks (First Applicant) Mark Roufeil (Second Applicant)