Ingot & Ors v Macquarie & Ors [2004] NSWSC 1084

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Ingot & Ors v Macquarie & Ors [2004] NSWSC 1084 revised - 13/12/2004 HEARING DATE(S) : 10 November 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 10 November 2004

JUDGMENT OF : McDougall J at 1 DECISION : See para [20] of judgment

CATCHWORDS : EVIDENCE - interlocutory application - legal professional privilege - waiver of privilege - whether privilege waived - application of common law test for waiver of privilege to statutory concept of consent in s 122(1) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) - where affidavit deposes to state of mind formed after taking advice from counsel - whether state of mind so central to issue in dispute that reference to advice from counsel that contributed to formation of that state of mind amounts to consent to waiver of privilege LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Singapore Airlines v Sydney Airports Corporation [2004] NSWSC 380 Gordian Runoff v Price [2004] NSWSC 600 Mann v Carnell (1999) 201 CLR 1 CASES CITED : Ampolex Ltd v Perpetual Trustee Co (Canberra) Ltd (1996) 40 NSWLR 12 NRMA Ltd & Ors v Morgan & Ors (No 2) [1999] NSWSC 694 Garratt's Ltd v Thanga Thangathurai [2002] NSWSC 39 Wayne Lawrence Pty Ltd v Hunt (19/10/99, unrep) Ingot Capital Investments Pty Limited & Ors (Plaintiffs) PARTIES : Macquarie Equity Capital Markets Limited & Ors (Defendants)

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 50169/01 F M Douglas QC/W G Muddle/B F Katekar (for plaintiffs) A S Bell (for 1st, 2nd and 3rd defendants) COUNSEL : I Pike (5th, 7th and 8th defendants and mention for the 9th defendant) E A Collins (12th defendant) T Bathurst QC/P Brereton (13th defendant) F Gleeson/J Watson (14th defendant) Deacons (plaintiffs) Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Macquarie Parties) Atanaskovic Hartnell (4th defendant) Colin Biggers & Paisley (5th, 7th and 8th defendants and mention for the 9th defendant) M D Nikolaidis & Co (11th defendant) SOLICITORS : Minter Ellison (12th defendant) Blake Dawson Waldron (13th defendant) Henry Davis York (NCRA) TressCox (Guy Carpenter)