In the matter of Optimisation Australia Pty Ltd [2016] NSWSC 1581
The privilege in the disputed emails was waived because the defendants' use of company resources, company email and stationery, and the failure to object in a timely manner was inconsistent with maintaining privilege under Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 122(2), making the documents admissible.
- Jurisdiction
- Australia
- Judgment Date
- 09 March 2016
- Procedural Posture
- Corporations Dispute; Application Regarding Evidentiary Privilege / Interlocutory Ruling on Evidence Admissibility
- Outcome
- Documents admitted as evidence.
- Legal Topics
- ['client Legal Privilege' 'waiver of Privilege' 'admissibility of Secondary Evidence' "director's Right to Inspect Company Records" 'oppression Proceedings']
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Procedural Posture
Corporations Dispute; Application Regarding Evidentiary Privilege / Interlocutory Ruling on Evidence Admissibility
Legal Issues
- 1 ['Whether the defendants or company were the client entitled to claim legal privilege over advice sought' 'Whether legal privilege attached to certain emails was lost or waived so as to permit their admission']
Ratio Decidendi
The privilege in the disputed emails was waived because the defendants' use of company resources, company email and stationery, and the failure to object in a timely manner was inconsistent with maintaining privilege under Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 122(2), making the documents admissible.
Court Disposition
Documents admitted as evidence.
Orders
- ['The documents under objection and the relevant passages of affidavits to which objection has been taken are admitted.']
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