NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Avanes v Marshall & Ors [2007] NSWSC 191
HEARING DATE(S) : 07/03/07 JUDGMENT OF : Gzell J
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 7 March 2007
DECISION : Application for inspection of documents refused.
CATCHWORDS : EQUITY - Equitable Estates and Interests - Life tenant under a testamentary settlement seeking inspection of documents in the possession of the trustees - Documents passing between counsel and solicitors for the trustees and between the solicitors for the trustees and accountants - Trustees claiming client legal privilege - Life tenant suing trustees for alleged breaches of trust - Whether Re Londonderry's Settlement [1965] 1 Ch 918 still good law - Whether Schmidt v Rosewood Trust Ltd [2003] 2 AC 709 should be followed in Australia - EVIDENCE - Client legal privilege - Consent and Waiver - Opinion of counsel made available to life tenant - Whether withholding of documents passing between counsel and solicitors for the trustees inconsistent with the maintenance of confidentiality for legal advice
LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005
Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd v Spalvins (1998) 81 FCR 360 Armitage v Nurse [1998] Ch 241 Chen & Ors v City Convenience Leasing Pty Ltd & Anor [2005] NSWCA 297 CPT Custodian Pty Ltd v Commissioner of State Revenue (2005) 224 CLR 96 Crowe v Stevedoring Employees Retirement Fund [2003] VSC 316 Gray v Guardian Trust Australia Ltd [2003] NSWSC 704 Hartigan Nominees Pty Ltd v Rydge (1992) 29 NSWLR 405 Mann v Carnell (1999) 201 CLR 1 CASES CITED : O'Rourke v Darbishire [1920] AC 581 Re Cowin (1886) 33 Ch D 179 Re Londonderry's Settlement [1965] 1 Ch 918 Rouse v IOOF Australia Trustees Ltd (1999) 73 SASR 484 Schmidt v Rosewood Trust Ltd [2003] 2 AC 709 Spellson v George (1987) 11 NSWLR 300 Telstra Corporation Ltd v BT Australasia Pty Ltd (1998) 85 FCR 152 Trevorrow v State of South Australia (No 4) (2006) 94 SASR 64 Yates v Halliday [2006] NSWSC 1346
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