25 Mar 1982
THE QUEEN v. ALEXANDER LAU
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. ALEXANDER LAU
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCC298/1981
The court held that confidential communications in question fall within the class potentially protected by public interest privilege but that the privilege is subject to a balancing test against the public interest in the administration of justice; in this case the public interest in confidentiality outweighed the prosecution interest because the communications were of marginal and remote significance to the issues, so disclosure was not ordered.