Jacups v The Fidelity Fund Management Committee of the Law Society of NSW [2022] NSWSC 313

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Jacups v The Fidelity Fund Management Committee of the Law Society of NSW [2022] NSWSC 313 Hearing dates: 13 December 2021 Date of orders: 24 March 2022 Decision date: 24 March 2022 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Garling J Decision: (1) Notice of Motion dated 3 December 2021 dismissed. (2) Order that paragraph 1 of the Notice to Produce filed 11 October 2021 be set aside. (3) Costs are the defendants' costs in the cause. Catchwords: LEGAL PRACTITIONERS FIDELITY FUND — claims against fund — right of appeal to Supreme Court — nature of appeal — relevance of Fidelity Fund documents in Supreme Court — documents not relevant CIVIL PROCEDURE — notices to produce — before hearing — objection to inspection — whether documents privileged — whether privilege waived — documents privileged Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 55, 76, 118, 122, 131A Legal Profession Act 1987 (NSW), ss 74, 90D Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW), ss 426, 452 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW), ss 15-16, Pt 9 Div 1 Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW), Pt 4.5, Divs 4‑5 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, r 34.1 Cases Cited: Barnes v Commissioner of Taxation [2007] FCAFC 88; 242 ALR 601 Carnell v Mann (1998) 89 FCR 247 Lacey v Attorney‑General (Qld) (2011) 242 CLR 573; [2011] HCA 10 Law Society of New South Wales v Glenorcy Pty Ltd (2006) 67 NSWLR 169; [2006] NSWCA 250 Maddison v Goldrick [1976] 1 NSWLR 651 National Employers' Mutual General Insurance Association Ltd v Waind & Hill [1978] 1 NSWLR 372 Re Optimisation Australia Pty Ltd [2016] NSWSC 1581 Secretary of the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment v Blacktown City Council [2021] NSWCA 145 Seven Network Limited v News Limited [2005] FCA 864 Wang v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (2009) 72 NSWLR 226; [2009] NSWSC 67 Wang v The Law Society of New South Wales [2020] NSWSC 1741 Xinfeng Australia International Investment Pty Ltd v GR Capital Group Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 620 Texts Cited: Not Applicable Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Graham Jacups (P) The Fidelity Fund Management Committee of the Law Society of NSW (D1) The Law Society of NSW (D2) Representation: Counsel: P King (P) D Courtenay (D1, D2)