Eastmark Holdings Pty Limited v Kabraji (No 3) [2012] NSWSC 1463

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Eastmark Holdings Pty Limited v Kabraji (No 3) [2012] NSWSC 1463 Hearing dates: 6 November 2012 Decision date: 03 December 2012 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Hallen J Decision: 1. Order that the third Defendant's notice of motion, so far as it relates to the documents referred to as the Schedule 1 documents 1-21, 23, 25, 30-34 and the Schedule 2, documents 3-19 is dismissed and that the Plaintiff is entitled to inspect these documents. 2. Order the third Defendant to pay the Plaintiff's costs of the notice of motion. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Subpoena for document production - Documents produced - Legal advice privilege claimed - Common interest privilege "as a sword" - PRIVILEGE WAIVER - Whether documents produced give rise to waiver Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Evidence Act 1995 Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Aerva NC (Australia) Pty Ltd v Summit Resources (Australia) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2008] WASC 10 Ainsworth v Wilding (No 2) [1900] 2 Ch 315; Allen Allen & Hemsley v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (New South Wales) (1989) 86 ALR 597 Ampolex Ltd v Perpetual Trustee Co (Canberra) Ltd (1995) 37 NSWLR 405 Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Mercorella (No 3) [2006] FCA 772 AWB v Cole (No 5) (2006) 155 FCR 30 Baker v Campbell [1983] HCA 39; (1983) 153 CLR 52 Balabel v Air India [1988] Ch 317, 330 Bennett v Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Customs Service (2004) 140 FCR 101 Burrup Fertilisers Pty Ltd (Receivers and Managers Appointed) v Oswal (No 7) [2012] FCA 1185 Buttes Gas and Oil Co v Hammer (No 3) [1981] QB 223 Carey v Korda [2012] WASCA 228 Carre v Owners Corporation - SP 53020 [2003] NSWSC 397 CIA Barca de Panama SA v George Wimpey & Co. 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