Austlii (Supreme Court of New South Wales) CORPORATIONS – winding up – liquidator’s examination – circumstances in which liquidator entitled to ask questions relating to legal advice given to company in liquidation – EVIDENCE – liquidator’s examinations – whether evidence given at is governed by Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) – EVIDENCE – legal professional privilege – circumstances in which joint retainer of solicitor exists – EVIDENCE – procedure to adopt when deciding whether legal professional privilege does not exist – EVIDENCE – waiver of client legal privilege – disclosure of substance of advice – disclosure made knowingly and voluntarily – disclosure by agent or employee authorised to make it – disclosure made under compulsion of law
Judges:
Campbell J
Citations:
[2002] NSWSC 215, 168 FLR 116, (2002) 194 ALR 101, 20 ACLC 909
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Cited by:
Cited – Ford, Regina (on The Application of) v The Financial Services Authority Admn 11-Oct-2011
The claimant sought, through judicial review, control over 8 emails sent by them to their lawyers. They claimed legal advice privilege, but the emails contained advice sent by their chartered accountants. The defendant had sought to use them in the . .
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Commonwealth, Insolvency, Legal Professions
Updated: 04 May 2022; Ref: scu.460502