Hunt Leather Pty Ltd v Transport for NSW [2022] NSWSC 1547

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Hunt Leather Pty Ltd v Transport for NSW [2022] NSWSC 1547 Hearing dates: 10 November 2022 Date of orders: 11 November 2022 Decision date: 11 November 2022 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Cavanagh J Decision: Paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9 of the notices to produce dated 26 October 2022 are struck out. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE — notice to produce — application to set aside — legitimate forensic purpose — novel claim — legal professional privilege — whether privilege waived by conduct — inconsistency between waiver and maintenance of privilege Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Cases Cited: Commissioner of Taxation Rio Tinto Ltd (2006) 151 FCR 341; [2006] FCAFC 86 Cooper v Hobbs [2013] NSWCA 70 Council of the NSW Bar Association v Archer (2008) 72 NSWLR 236; [2008] NSWCA 164 Expense Reduction Analysts Group Pty Ltd v Armstrong Strategic Management and Marketing Pty Ltd (2013) 250 CLR 303; [2013] HCA 46 Ferella & Anor v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2010) 188 FCR 68; [2010] FCA 766 GR Capital Group Pty Ltd v Xinfeng Australia International Investment Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCA 266 Hastie Group Ltd (in liq) v Moore [2016] NSWCA 305 Mann v Carnell (1999) 201 CLR 1; [1999] HCA 66 Osland v Secretary, Department of Justice (2008) 234 CLR 275; [2008] HCA 37 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Hunt Leather Pty Ltd (First Plaintiff) Sophie Hunt (Second Plaintiff) Ancio Investments Pty Ltd (Third Plaintiff) Nicholas Zisti (Fourth Plaintiff) Transport for NSW (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: A Bannon SC (with L Shipway and A Hochroth) (Plaintiffs) D Miller SC (with N Owens SC and N Simpson) (Defendant)