NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : (2002) 20 ACLC 851
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : HIH Insurance Ltd [2002] NSWSC 231 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1799/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 22/03/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 25 March 2002
PARTIES : Anthony Gregory McGrath and Alexander Robert Mackay Macintosh as Liquidators of HIH Insurance Ltd (In Liquidation) - Applicants JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J
COUNSEL : Mr B.W. Collins QC - Applicants SOLICITORS : Blake Dawson Waldron - Applicants CATCHWORDS : CORPORATIONS - winding up - directions to liquidators -whether appropriate for court to give direction - PROCEDURE - legal professional privilege - liquidators' desire to deliver privileged material to Royal Commission in context of undertaking not to communicate except in certain circumstances - whether privilege waived if delivery voluntary - whether statutory compulsion exists LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Royal Commissions Act 1902 (Cth) Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Daniels Corporation International Pty Ltd (2001) 182 ALR 114 Controlled Consultants Pty Ltd v Commissioner for Corporate Affairs (1985) 156 CLR 385 Corporate Affairs Commission v Yuill (1991) 172 CLR 319 LMI Australasia Pty Ltd v Baulderstone Hornibrook Ltd [2000] NSWSC 1066 CASES CITED : Mann v Carnell (1999) 201 CLR 1 Mercantile Credits Ltd v Dallhold Investments Pty Ltd (1994) 15 ACSR 230 Re G B Nathan & Co Pty Ltd (1991) 24 NSWLR 674 Re HIH Insurance Ltd (2001) 39 ACSR 645 Sanderson v Classic Car Insurances Pty Ltd (1985) 10 ACLR 115 DECISION : Direction sought not given
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