NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : In the matter of Bauhaus Pyrmont Pty Ltd (in liq) [2006] NSWSC 543 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
HEARING DATE(S) : 18, 24, 31 May 2005
JUDGMENT DATE : 6 June 2006
JURISDICTION : Equity
JUDGMENT OF : Austin J
DECISION : All claims for privilege unsuccessful. Access granted to subpoenaed materials.
CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE & PROCEDURE - subpoenaed documents - claims to privilege - application of Evidence Act principles under UCP Rules – EVIDENCE - client legal privilege - liquidator's examination proceedings - litigation funding agreement - participation by funder in conferences and correspondence with lawyers - whether privileged under s 118 or s 119 - whether privilege waived under s 122(2) or (4) - common interest privilege under s 122(5)(b) - loss of privilege through abuse of power under s 125 - whether grounds to attribute creditor's improper purpose to liquidator
LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 117, 118, 119, 122, 125 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rule 1.9
Apple Computer Australia Pty Ltd v Wily [2002] NSWSC 855 Attorney-General (NT) v Kearney (1985) 158 CLR 500 Australian Rugby Union Ltd v Hospitality Group Pty Ltd (1999) 165 ALR 253 Balabel v Air India [1988] 1 Ch 317 Farrow Mortgage Services Pty Ltd (in liq) v Webb (1996) 39 NSWLR 601 General Manager, WorkCover Authority of NSW v Law Society of NSW [2006] NSWCA 84 Lam Soon v Molit (No 55) (1996) 70 FCR 34 Meteyard v Love (2005) 56 ACSR 487 CASES CITED : Mitsubishi Electric Australia Pty Ltd v Victorian WorkCover Authority (2002) 4 VR 332 Newcrest Mining (WA) Ltd v Commonwealth (1993) 40 FCR 507 Pratt Holdings Pty Ltd v Commission of Taxation (2004) 136 FCR 357 Re Excel Finance Corporation Ltd; Worthey v England (1994) 52 FCR 69 Re Global Medical Imaging Ltd [2001] NSWSC 476 Rickard Constructions Pty Ltd v Rickard Hails Moretti Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 234 Southern Cross Airlines Holdings Ltd (in liq) v Arthur Andersen & Co (1998) 84 FCR 472 Southern Equities Corporation Ltd v West Australian Government Holdings Ltd (unreported, Supreme Court of Western Australia, 5 May 1993, per Master Adams). Van Der Lee v State of New South Wales [2006] NSWCA 286 Waterford v Commonwealth (1987) 163 CLR 54
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