British American Tobacco Australia Services Ltd v Blanch [2004] NSWSC 70

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : British American Tobacco Australia Services Ltd v Blanch [2004] NSWSC 70 HEARING DATE(S) : 11, 12 and 15 December 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 20 February 2004 JURISDICTION: Equity Division JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq DECISION : Injunction granted to prevent solicitors from acting further against plaintiff.

CATCHWORDS : PROFESSIONS & TRADES [96]- Lawyers- Duty to former client- Prince Jefri principle- Whether sole basis for Court's intervention. Beach Petroleum NL v Kennedy (1999) 48 NSWLR 1 Belan v Casey [2002] NSWSC 58 Chan v Zacharia (1984) 154 CLR 178 Clark Boyce v Mouat [1994] 1 AC 428 Colonial Portfolio Services Pty Ltd v Nissen (2000) 35 ACSR 673 Dalby v Wallaby Grip Ltd [2002] NSW DDT 15 Fordham v Legal Practitioners' Complaints Committee (1997) 18 WAR 467 Green & Clara Pty Ltd v Bestobell Industries Pty Ltd [1982] WAR 1 Groom v Crocker [1939] 1 KB 194 Home Office v Harman [1983] AC 280 Mancini v Mancini [1999] NSWSC 800 McDonald v State Rail Authority of NSW [1998] NSW DDT 4 CASES CITED : McKenzie v Director-General of Conservation and Natural Resources [2001] VSC 220 National Mutual Holdings Pty Ltd v Sentry Corporation (1989) 22 FCR 209 Oceanic Life Ltd v HIH Casualty & General Insurance Ltd (1999) 10 ANZ Ins Cas 61-438 Orr v Ford (1989) 167 CLR 316 Parry-Jones v Law Society [1969] 1 Ch 1 PhotoCure ASA v Qeen's University at Kingston (2002) 56 IPR 86 Pradhan v Eastside Day Surgery Pty Ltd [1999] SASC 256 Prince Jefri Bolkiah v KPMG [1999] 2 AC 222 Rakusen v Ellis, Munday & Clarke [1912] 1 Ch 831 Sent v Fairfax Publication J Pty Ltd [2002] VSC 429 Spincode Pty Ltd v Look Software Pty Ltd (2002) 4 VR 501 Tournier v National Provincial and Union Bank of England [1924] 1 KB 461 Westgold Resources NL v St Barbara Mines Ltd [2002] WASC 264 PARTIES : British American Tobacco Australia Services Limited (P) Alan William Blanch, Roderick Stuart Cameron, Stewart William Cameron, Glenn Douglas Capel, Robert Geoffrey Horton, Cameron Leslie Leaver, Julius John Markos, Alan Sydney Osburg, Kathryn Margaret Ireland, Peter Wayne Gowers and David Francis Allen trading as Hicksons Lawyers (D) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1753/03 COUNSEL : J T Gleeson SC, R Sofroniou and M Leeming (P) R Burbidge QC and M T McCulloch (D) SOLICITORS : Corrs Chambers Westgarth (P) Hicksons (D)