Category Archives: Privilege

Baker v Campbell [1983] HCA 39

ON 26 OCTOBER 1983, the High Court of Australia delivered Baker v Campbell [1983] HCA 39; (1983) 153 CLR 52 (26 October 1983)

The court ruled that legal professional privilege is not confined to actual or expected judicial and quasi-judicial proceedings, but may, in the absence of a provision to the contrary, be asserted in investigatory procedures.

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Pyneboard Pty Ltd v Trade Practices Commission [1983] HCA 9

ON 18 MARCH 1983, the High Court of Australia delivered Pyneboard Pty Ltd v Trade Practices Commission [1983] HCA 9; (1983) 152 CLR 328 (18 March 1983).

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/high_ct/152clr328.html

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Sankey v Whitlam [1978] HCA 43

ON 9 NOVEMBER 1978, the High Court of Australia delivered Sankey v Whitlam [1978] HCA 43; (1978) 142 CLR 1 (9 November 1978).

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Field v Commissioner for Railways for NSW [1957] HCA 92

ON 19 DECEMBER 1957, the High Court of Australia delivered Field v Commissioner for Railways for NSW [1957] HCA 92; (1957) 99 CLR 285 (19 December 1957).

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/high_ct/99clr285.html

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