Martin Patrick Dowling -v- Ultraceuticals Pty Ltd [2016] NSWSC 386

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Martin Patrick Dowling -v- Ultraceuticals Pty Ltd [2016] NSWSC 386 Hearing dates: 22 March 2016 Decision date: 08 April 2016 Jurisdiction: Equity - Commercial List Before: Hammerschlag J Decision: Claim for privilege fails Catchwords: EVIDENCE – "without prejudice privilege" – ambit and scope of privilege – where documents produced in the course of negotiating a dispute are privileged from production in a later dispute – nature of connection required for privilege to apply – additionally, whether privilege waived. Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Cases Cited: Field v Commissioner for Railways for New South Wales (1957) 99 CLR 285 ASIC v Rich [2004] NSWSC 1089 Hancock v Rinehart (Privilege) [2016] NSWSC 12 Rush & Tompkins Ltd v Greater London Council [1989] AC 1280 Hong Kong Bank of Australia Ltd v Murphy (1992) 28 NSWLR 512 Glengallan Investments v Arthur Anderson [2002] 1 Qd R 233 Bailey v Beagle [2001] FCA 185 Mercantile Mutual Custodians v Village/Nine Network Restaurants [1999] QCA Yokogawa Australia Pty Ltd v Alstom Power Ltd [2009] SASC 377; (2009) 262 ALR 738 Verge v Devere Holdings [2009] FCA 832 Unilever Plc v Procter & Gamble Co [2001] 1 All ER 783; [2000] 1 WLR 2436; Pihiga Pty Ltd v Roche [2011] FCA 240; (2011) 278 ALR 209 Trade Practices Commission v Arnotts (1989) 88 ALR 69; [1990] ATPR 41-010 (5) Hobartville Stud Pty Ltd v Union Insurance Co Ltd (1991) 25 NSWLR 358 Attorney General for the Northern Territory v Maurice (1986) 161 CLR 475 Texts Cited: Dr R. J. Desiatnik, Without Prejudice Privilege In Australia (2010, LexisNexus Butterworths Australia) Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Martin Patrick Dowling - First Plaintiff Ofer Pty Ltd - Second Plaintiff