NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : FKP Constructions v Smith [2005] NSWSC 126
HEARING DATE(S) : 28/02/05
JUDGMENT DATE : 2 March 2005
JUDGMENT OF : Gzell J
DECISION : Declaration that client legal privilege not waived.
CATCHWORDS : EVIDENCE - Client Legal Privilege - Express waiver - Evidence Act 1995, s 122(2) - Failure to claim privilege for documents produced under order of the court - Time pressures preventing all but skimming of documents - Whether documents knowingly and voluntarily disclosed - Whether documents subject to implied waiver
Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 Supreme Court Rules 1970
Ampolex Ltd v Perpetual Trustee Co (Canberra) Ltd (1996) 40 NSWLR 12 Meltend Pty Ltd v Restoration Clinics of Australia Pty Ltd (1997) 75 FCR 511 Hooker Corporation Ltd v Darling Harbour Authority (1987) 9 NSWLR 538 Hong Kong Bank of Australia Ltd v Murphy (1993) 2 VR 419 CASES CITED : ASIC v Rich [2004] NSWSC 934 Mann v Carnell (1999) 201 CLR 1 Singapore Airlines v Sydney Airports Corporation [2004] NSWSC 380 Bell Group Ltd (in liq) v Westpac Banking Corp (1998) 28 ACSR 343
FKP Constructions Pty Ltd - Applicant PARTIES : Michael John Morris Smith in his capacity as Liquidator of C & G Technologies Pty Ltd (in liq) - Respondent
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1720/04
Mr M Cohen - Applicant COUNSEL : Mr J Johnson - Respondent
Dibbs Barker Gosling Lawyers SOLICITORS : Watson Mangioni Corporate and Commercial Lawyers
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