NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : ASIC v Rich [2004] NSWSC 934 HEARING DATE(S) : 6, 7 October 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 8 October 2004 JURISDICTION: Equity JUDGMENT OF : Austin J DECISION : Client legal privilege waived
CATCHWORDS : EVIDENCE - client legal privilege - waiver - accounting firm and plaintiff allow defendants to inspect large volume of documents under subpoena to accounting firm - plaintiff then reviews documents to consider privilege claims - copies of some documents are then provided to defendants - later, plaintiff asserts privilege claim in respect of two of those documents - whether disclosure was "knowing and voluntary" under s 122(2) of Evidence Act LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) ss 117, 122 Ampolex v Perpetual Trustee Co (Canberra) Pty Ltd (1996) 40 NSWLR 12 CASES CITED : Hooker Corporation v Darling Harbour Authority (1987) 9 NSWLR 538 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Meltend Pty Ltd v Restoration Clinics of Australia Pty Ltd (1997) 75 FCR 511 Australian Securities and Investments Commission (P) PARTIES : John David Rich (D1) Mark Allen Silberman (D4) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 5934/01 COUNSEL : R B S Macfarlan QC with P R Durack SC, N Beaumont and J O'Sullivan (P) D L Williams SC with M J Steele and S Goodman (D1, D4) SOLICITORS : Jan Redfern, Solicitor for Australian Securities and Investments Commission (P) Joanne Kelly, Solicitor (D1, D4)
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION
AUSTIN J
FRIDAY 8 OCTOBER 2004
5934/01 AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION V JOHN DAVID RICH & ORS
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