NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Nicholas Richard Whitlam v Insurance Australia Group Limited [2005] NSWSC 96
HEARING DATE(S) : 01/02/05, 02/02/05
JUDGMENT DATE : 2 February 2005
Equity Division JURISDICTION : Commercial List
JUDGMENT OF : Einstein J
DECISION : Waiver by defendant of legal professional privilege.
CATCHWORDS : Practice and Procedure - Evidence - Waiver of legal professional privilege
Fair Trading Act (1997) (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Trade Practices Act (1974) (Cth)
Attorney General (NT) v Maurice (1986) 161 CLR 475 Benecke v National Australia Bank (1993) 35 NSWLR 110 Goldberg v Ng (1995) 185 CLR 83 Ingot Capital Investments Pty Ltd v Macquarie Equity Capital Markets Ltd [2004] NSWSC 1084 CASES CITED : Telstra v BT Australasia Pty Ltd (1998) 85 FCR 152 Thomason v Campbelltown Municipal Council (1939) 39 SR (NSW) 347 United Rural Enterprises Pty Ltd v Lopmand Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 1142 Wayne Lawrence Pty Ltd v Hunt [1999] NSWSC 1044
Nicholas Richard Whitlam (Plaintiff) PARTIES : Insurance Australia Group (Defendant)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 50035/04
Mr A Bannon SC, Mr J Stephenson (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : Mr T Bathurst QC, Mr A Leopold (Defendant)
Watson Mangioni (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Defendant)
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION :
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION COMMERCIAL LIST
Einstein J
Wednesday 2 February 2005 ex tempore Revised 23 February 2005
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