8 Feb 2018
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL v INSTITUTION OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS NEW ZEALAND INC [2018] NZHC 74
- Citation
- [2018] NZAR 275
- Court
- High Court
Legal advice obtained by the Investigating Committee/IPENZ on the jurisdictional question is discoverable because it is directly relevant to the dispute for discovery purposes; such advice is protected by legal professional privilege under s54 of the Evidence Act 2006, but privilege in respect of the Investigating Committee's (category (a)) advice was waived by IPENZ's voluntary disclosure of the substance of that advice to the Minister (and subsequently to Dr Reay), and therefore the category (a) advice must be produced to Dr Reay; any other legal advice to IPENZ on the same subject must be…