Hawksford v Hawksford [2005] NSWSC 796

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Hawksford v Hawksford [2005] NSWSC 796

HEARING DATE(S) : 3 August 2005

JUDGMENT DATE : 3 August 2005

JURISDICTION : Equity

JUDGMENT OF : Campbell J

DECISION : Claim of litigant to privilege concerning all bar one document rejected

CATCHWORDS : EVIDENCE - facts excluded from proof - client legal privilege - need for proof of dominant purpose - in situation of possible joint privilege, dominant purpose of benefiting whom? - EVIDENCE - facts excluded from proof - client legal privilege - whether privilege exists in solicitor's own file note when he acts for himself in litigation

Esso Australia Resources Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation of the Commonwealth of Australia (1999) 201 CLR 49 Farrow Mortgage Services Pty Ltd (in liq) v Webb (1996) 14 ACLC 1240; (1996) 39 NSWLR 601; (1996) 132 FLR 466 Grant v Downs (1976) 135 CLR 674 CASES CITED : Hawksford v Hawksford [2005] NSWSC 463 Ho v Powell (2001) 51 NSWLR 572 Rochefoucauld v Boustead (1896) 65 LJ Ch 794

Brett Paul Hawksford - First Plaintiff/Respondent Brett Hawksford Management Propeitary Limited - Second Plaintiff/Respondent Michael Jeffrey Hawksford - First Defendant PARTIES : Bremick Pty Limited - Second Defendant BMB Investments Pty Limited - Third Defendant Timothy Daley - Fourth Defendant/Applicant

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 4348/04

C Bevan; ACM Iuliano - Plaintiffs/Respondents COUNSEL : G McNally - Fourth Defendant/Applicant

Evangelos Patakas & Associates - Plaintiffs/Respondents SOLICITORS : Colin Daley Quinn - Fourth Defendant/Applicant