Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions v Citigroup Global Markets Australia Pty Ltd

• Jurisdiction: Australia Federal only
• Judgment Date: 14 May 2021
• Neutral Citation: [2021] FCA 511
• Court: Federal Court
• Date: 14 May 2021

Federal Court of Australia

Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions v Citigroup Global Markets Australia Pty Ltd [2021] FCA 511

File number:	NSD 1316 of 2020
Judgment of:	WHITE J
Date of judgment:	14 May 2021
Catchwords:	PRIVILEGE – objection to the inspection of subpoenaed material on the basis of legal professional privilege – grant of immunity from civil and criminal action related to disclosed cartel conduct on the condition of full and frank disclosure under the immunity policies of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions – whether material brought into existence for the purpose of obtaining legal advice in seeking and obtaining the immunities is privileged. ; PRIVILEGE – implied waiver – whether the objector waived its privilege by its actions in seeking and obtaining the immunities or by its partial disclosure of the privileged material – objection overruled in relation to the greater part of the subpoenaed documents.
Legislation:	Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) ss 44ZZRF and 44ZZRG (repealed), 45 Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983 (Cth) s 9 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 23HE Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) Federal Court (Criminal Proceedings) Rules 2016 (Cth) r 8.13(1) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) s 82
Cases cited:	Arnold Bloch Leibler (A firm) v Slater & Gordon Limited [2020] FCA 1496 Asahi Holdings (Australia) Pty Ltd v Pacific Equity Partners Pty Ltd (No 4) [2014] FCA 796 Attorney‑General (NT) v Maurice (1986) 161 CLR 475 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v NSW Ports Operations Hold Co Pty Ltd [2020] FCA 1232 AWB Ltd v Cole [2006] FCA 571; (2006) 152 FCR 382 AWB Ltd v Cole (No 5) [2006] FCA 1234; (2006) 155 FCR 30 Bailey v Director General, Department of Land and Water Conservation [2009] NSWCA 100; (2009) 74 NSWLR 333 Barnes v Commissioner of Taxation [2007] FCAFC 88; (2007) 242 ALR 601 British American Tobacco Australia Ltd v Secretary, Department of Health and Ageing [2011] FCAFC 107; (2011) 195 FCR 123 British Coal Corporation v Dennis Rye Ltd (No 2) [1988] 3 All ER 816 Carter v Managing Partner, Northmore Hale Davy & Leake [1995] HCA 33; (1995) 183 CLR 121 Commissioner of Taxation v Rio Tinto Ltd [2006] FCAFC 86; (2006) 151 FCR 341 Commissioner of Taxation (Cth) v Pratt Holdings Pty Ltd [2005] FCA 1247 Council of New South Wales Bar Association v Archer [2008] NSWCA 164; (2008) 72 NSWLR 236 Daniels Corporation Pty Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [2002] HCA 49; (2002) 213 CLR 543 Esso Australia Resources Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation [1999] HCA 67; (1999) 201 CLR 49 Expense Reduction Analysts Group Pty Ltd v Armstrong Strategic Management and Marketing Pty Ltd [2013] HCA 46; (2013) 250 CLR 303 Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Spotless Services Ltd [1996] HCA 34; (1996) 186 CLR 404 Federal Treasury Enterprise (FKP) Sojuzplodoimport v Spirits International B.V. (No 6) [2019] FCA 337; (2019) 369 ALR 267 Glencore International AG v Commissioner of Taxation [2019] HCA 26; (2019) 265 CLR 646 Goldberg v Ng [1995] HCA 39; (1995) 185 CLR 83 Grant v Downs [1976] HCA 63; (1976) 135 CLR 674 Great Atlantic Insurance Co v Home Insurance Co [1981] 1 WLR 529 Grofam Pty Ltd v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd [1993] FCA 548; (1993) 43 FCR 408 Hall v Arnold Bloch Leibler (a firm) [2020] FCA 1495 Hartogen Energy Ltd (in liq) v Australian Gas Light Co [1992] FCA 322; (1992) 36 FCR 557 Hastie Group Ltd (in liq) v Moore [2016] NSWCA 305; (2016) 339 ALR 635 Kennedy v Wallace [2004] FCAFC 337; (2004) 142 FCR 185 Macquarie Bank Ltd v Arup Pty Ltd [2016] FCAFC 117 Mann v Carnell [1999] HCA 66; (1999) 201 CLR 1 Mitsubishi Electric Australia Pty Ltd v Victorian WorkCover Authority [2002] VSCA 59; (2002) 4 VR 332 National Crime Authority v S (1999) 29 FCR 203 Osland v Secretary, Department of Justice [2008] HCA 37; (2008) 234 CLR 275 State of Victoria v Tabcorp Holdings Limited [2013] VSCA 180 Z v New South Wales Crime Commission [2007] HCA 7; (2007) 231 CLR 75 Zantran Pty Ltd v Crown Resorts Limited (No 2) [2020] FCA 1024
Division:	General Division
Registry:	New South Wales
National Practice Area:	Federal Crime and Related Proceedings
Number of paragraphs:	203
Date of hearing:	19 March 2021
Counsel for the Prosecutor:	Mr J Giles SC with Ms H Mann
Solicitor for the Prosecutor:	Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
Counsel for the subpoenaed parties:	Mr B Walker SC with Mr S Hartford Davis
Solicitor for the subpoenaed parties:	Gilbert + Tobin
Counsel for the First Accused:	Mr C Moore SC with Ms A Bonnor
Solicitor for the First Accused:	Herbert Smith Freehills
Counsel for the Second Accused:	Mr N Clelland QC
Solicitor for the Second Accused:	MinterEllison
Counsel for the Third Accused:	Mr D Wong
Solicitor for the Third Accused:	Watson Mangioni Lawyers
Counsel for the Fourth Accused:	Mr R Pietriche
Solicitor for the Fourth Accused:	Horton Rhodes
Counsel for the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Accused:	Mr M Thangaraj SC with Ms E Sullivan
Solicitor for the Fifth Accused:	King & Wood Mallesons
Solicitor for the Sixth and Seventh Accused:	Arnold Bloch Leibler
Counsel for the Eighth Accused:	Mr J Sheahan QC with Ms S Pananiappan
Solicitor for the Eighth Accused:	Allens
Counsel for the Ninth Accused:	Mr M Darke SC
Solicitor for the Ninth Accused:

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