Perpetual Trustees Victoria Limited v Richard Kingsley Sheehan & Anor [2004] NSWSC 294

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Perpetual Trustees Victoria Limited v Richard Kingsley Sheehan & Anor [2004] NSWSC 294 revised - 3/05/2004 HEARING DATE(S) : 5 April 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 5 April 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Dunford J DECISION : Claim for client legal privelege upheld in part and overruled in part - other party given access in respect of which claim of privilege overruled.

CATCHWORDS : Procedure - evidence - subpoenas - too wide - lack of legitimate forensic purpose - client legal privilege - waiver - implied consent to disclosure - material directly relating to matters in issue in subsequent proceedings Contracts Review Act 1980 Evidence Act 1995 LEGISLATION CITED : Fair Trading Act 1987 Legal Aid Commission Act 1979 ss 25, 26 SCR Pt 36 r 13 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Benecke v National Australia Bank (1993) 35 NSWLR 110 Commissioner for Railways v Small (1938) 38 SR (NSW) 564 CASES CITED : Garratt's Pty Ltd v Thanga Thangathurai [2000] NSWSC 39 New South Wales Commissioner of Police v Tuxford [2002] NSWCA 139 Perpetual Trustees (WA) Pty Ltd v Equuscorp Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 925 Telstra Corporation v BT Australasia Pty Ltd (1998) 85 FCR 152 PARTIES : Perpetual Trustees Victoria Limited v Richard Kingsley Sheehan & Anor FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 13593/01 P Dowdy - Plaintiff In person - First Defendant COUNSEL : M B Duncan - Second Defendant G Bartley P Griffin Heidtman & Co Lawyers - Plaintiff SOLICITORS : In person - First Defendant M B Duncan - Second Defendant Legal Aid Commission