Gough & Gilmour Holdings Pty Ltd and ors v Caterpillar of Australia Ltd and anor (No. 8) [2001] NSWIRComm 208

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : Gough & Gilmour Holdings Pty Ltd and ors v Caterpillar of Australia Ltd and anor (No. 8) [2001] NSWIRComm 208 FIRST APPLICANT Gough & Gilmour Holdings Pty Ltd

SECOND APPLICANT Harcourt David Gough

PARTIES : THIRD APPLICANT Anthony Lansley Gilmour

FIRST RESPONDENT Caterpillar of Australia Ltd

SECOND RESPONDENT Caterpillar Inc. FILE NUMBER: IRC 5227 of 2000 CORAM: Boland J Unfair contract - Interlocutory proceedings - Legal professional privilege - Cross-examination on affidavits supporting claim for privilege - Inspection of documents - Agent - Dominant purpose - Cross-examination permitted - Inspection of documents refused. CATCHWORDS : Practice and procedure - Interlocutory proceedings - Legal professional privilege - Cross-examination on affidavits supporting claim for privilege - Inspection of documents - Agent - Dominant purpose - Cross-examination permitted - Inspection of documents refused Industrial Relations Act 1996 LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Commission Rules 1996 Supreme Court Rules 1970 Auspine Ltd v H S Lawrence & Sons Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 1749 (21 December 1999) Balabel v Air-India [1988] 2 All ER 246 Dinsdale v Commissioner of Inland Revenue (1997) 18 NZTC 13,244 Esso Australia Resources Limited v Commissioner of Taxation (1999) 201 CLR 49 Fruehauf Finance Corporation Pty Ltd v Zurich Australian Insurance Ltd (1990) 20 NSWLR 359 Gough & Gilmour Holdings Pty Limited v Caterpillar of Australia Limited [2001] NSWIRComm 73 Gough & Gilmour Holdings Pty Limited v Caterpillar of Australia Limited [2001] NSWIRComm 92 Gough & Gilmour Holdings Pty Limited v Caterpillar of Australia Limited [2001] NSWIRComm 112 Gough & Gilmour Holdings Pty Limited v Caterpillar of Australia Limited [2001] NSWIRComm 135 Gough & Gilmour Holdings Pty Limited v Caterpillar of Australia Limited [2001] NSWIRComm 147 CASES CITED : Grant v Downs (1976) 135 CLR 674 Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance of New Zealand Ltd v Stuart [1985] 1 NZLR 596 Hartogen Energy Limited (in liquidation) v The Australian Gaslight Company (1992) 36 FCR 557 In re Sarah C Getty Trust [1985] 1 QB 956 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Jones v Great Central Railway Company [1910] AC 4 National Crime Authority v S (1991) 100 ALR 151 Nickmar Pty Ltd v Preservatrice Skandia Insurance Ltd (1985) 3 NSWLR 44 Proctor v Gamble v Medical Research [2001] NSWSC 183 (21 March 2001) Trade Practices Commission v Sterling (1979) 36 FLR 244 Wheeler v Le Marchant (1881) 17 Ch D 675 HEARING DATES: 08/23/2001; 08/24/2001; 08/27/2001; 08/29/2001 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 09/06/2001