1 Jun 2021
LAMBIE TRUSTEE LIMITED v PRUDENCE ANNE ADDLEMAN [2021] NZSC 54
- Citation
- [2021] 1 NZLR 307
- Court
- Supreme Court
The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the Court of Appeal's order that trustees disclose documents relating to the Lambie Trust, including legal opinions and advice funded by the Trust, holding that such advice is trustee information and, where obtained for trust administration and paid from trust funds, privilege is defeated by the joint interest exception as against beneficiaries; clarified the Court of Appeal order does not extend to legal advice given from June 2015 in connection with litigation and reserved leave for the trustee to seek restoration of privilege in respect of…