Col Crawford Pty Ltd v Nissan Motor Co (Australia) Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 87

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Col Crawford Pty Ltd v Nissan Motor Co (Australia) Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 87 Hearing dates: 7 February 2020; further submissions 12 and 14 February 2020 Date of orders: 19 February 2020 Decision date: 19 February 2020 Jurisdiction: Equity - Commercial List Before: Stevenson J Decision: Privilege claim upheld Catchwords: EVIDENCE – privileges – client legal privilege – litigation – whether communications from the plaintiff's solicitor to the plaintiff and copied to the plaintiff's forensic accountant privileged – whether such privilege waived Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Cases Cited: Asahi Holdings (Australia) Pty Ltd v Pacific Equity Partners Pty Ltd (No 4) [2014] FCA 796 Commissioner of Taxation v Rio Tinto Ltd (2006) 151 FCR 341; [2006] FCAFC 86 Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v Archer (2008) 72 NSWLR 236; [2008] NSWCA 164 DSE (Holdings) Pty Ltd v Intertan Inc (2003) 127 FCR 499; [2003] FCA 384 Fenwick v Wambo Coal Pty Ltd (No 2) [2011] NSWSC 353 Hancock v Rinehart (Privilege) [2016] NSWSC 12 Hastie Group Ltd (in liq) v Moore (2016) 339 ALR 635; [2016] NSWCA 305 Mann v Carnell (1999) 201 CLR 1; [1999] HCA 66 State of New South Wales v Public Transport Ticketing Corporation [2011] NSWCA 60 Viterra Malt Pty Ltd v Cargill Australia Ltd (2018) 58 VR 333; [2018] VSCA 118 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Col Crawford Pty Ltd (First Plaintiff) Illiad Pty Ltd (Second Plaintiff) Nissan Motor Co (Australia) Pty Ltd (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: H Pintos-Lopez (First Plaintiff) D Bongiorno (Defendant)