NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Michael Wilson and Partners Limited v Robert Colin Nicholls & Ors [2009] NSWSC 763
HEARING DATE(S) : 15/6/09, 16/6/09, 23/6/09, 24/06/09, 29/06/09, 30/06/09, 13/07/09, 14/07/09, 23/07/09, 24/07/09, 27/07/09 - 30/07/09 JURISDICTION : Equity Division Commercial List
JUDGMENT OF : Einstein J
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 10 August 2009
DECISION : See paragraph numbers 26 - 30.
CATCHWORDS : Practice and procedure - Notices to produce - Legal professional privilege - Waiver of privilege - Weighing exercise - Application of Evidence Act 1995 to matters ancillary to proceedings before the court - Effect in New South Wales of changes to the rules concerning pre-trial inspection of documents including notices to produce - Legal professional privilege as a substantive right - Legal professional privilege applies to the advice of foreign lawyers-Onus for assertion of legal professional privilege
Evidence Act 1995 LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005
CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings
Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd v Spalvins (1998) 81 FCR 360 Akins v Abigroup Ltd (1998) 43 NSWLR 539 Baker v Campbell (1983) 153 CLR 52; 49 ALR 385 Daniels Corporation International Pty Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (2002) 213 CLR 543 Bailey v Department of Land and Water Conservation [2009] NSWCA 100 Esso Australia Resources Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation (1998) 83 FCR 511 Esso Australia Resources v Commissioner of Taxation [1999] 201 CLR 49 Grant v Downs (1976) 135 CLR 674 Grofam Pty Ltd v ANZ Banking Group (1993) 45 FCR 445 Harris Scarfe Ltd (Receivers and Managers Appointed) (in liq) v Ernst & Young (No 10) (2006) 204 FLR 165 CASES CITED : In the matter of Bauhaus Pyrmont Pty Ltd (in liq) [2006] NSWSC 543 Kennedy v Wallace [2004] 142 FCR 185 Mann v Carnell (1999) 74 ALJR 378; 201 CLR 1 Mitsubishi Electric Australia Pty Ltd v Victorian WorkCover Authority (2002) 4 VR 332 National Crime Authority v S (1991) 100 ALR 151; 29 FCR 203 New Cap and Reinsurance Corporation v Renaissance Reinsurance [2007] NSWSC 258 Northern Territory v GPAO (1999) 196 CLR 553 Ritz Hotel Ltd v Charles of the Ritz Ltd (No 4) (1987) 14 NSWLR 100 Telstra Corporation v Australis Media Holdings (No 1) (1997) 41 NSWLR 277 Trade Practices Commission v Port Adelaide Wool (1995) 60 FCR 366 Waterford v The Commonwealth (1987) 163 CLR 54, 71 ALR 673
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