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Grant v Downs

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Vincent
JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation[1976] HCA 63,1976-1126 HCA B
Date1976
CourtHigh Court
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266 cases
1 firm's commentaries
  • Legal Privilege - October 2012
    • Ireland
    • Mondaq Ireland
    • 25 Octubre 2012
    ...circumstances where documents are prepared which they may ultimately need or seek to claim privilege over. Footnote 1 Grant –v- Downs (1976) 135 CLR 674 2 Three Rivers District Council and Others –v- Governor and Company of the Bank of England [2004] UKHL 48 3 Three Rivers District Council ......
9 books & journal articles
  • The Development of the High Court's Willingness to Overrule Common Law Precedent
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 45-2, June 2017
    • 1 Junio 2017
    ...CLR 145 Esso Au stralia Resources Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1999) 201 CLR 49 Legal professional privilege Grant v Downs (1976) 135 CLR 674 John Pfeiffer Pty Ltd v Rogerson (2000) 203 CL R 503 Choice of law rules Koop v Bebb (1951) 84 CLR 629; McKain v R W Miller (1991) 174 CLR......
  • The Australian Constitution's Influence on the Common Law
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 31-1, March 2003
    • 1 Marzo 2003
    ...prepared, for the dominant purpose of the lawyer providing legal advice orlegal services. The common law test, since Grant v Downs (1976) 135 CLR 674, was thatprivilege would only attach to a con fidential communication made for the sole purpose ofobtaining or giving legal advice or assista......
  • Legal Advice Privilege and the Corporate Client
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The No. 9-3, July 2005
    • 1 Julio 2005
    ...the matterrelate to conduct within the scope of the employee’s employment.80 Pattenden, above n. 17 at para. 16.23.81 Grant v Downs (1976) 135 CLR 674 at 686, HC.82 cf. Lord Nicholls (dissenting) in Re L (A Minor) (Police Investigation: Privilege) [1997] AC 16 at 34,HL.83 Civil Procedure Ru......
  • Litigation
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume III - Third Edition
    • 13 Abril 2020
    ...was held that documents communicated between a property owner’s solicitors and his surveyors, regarding the state of 395 Grant v Downs (1976) 135 CLR 674 at 677, per Barwick CJ; Waugh v British Railways Board [1980] AC 521; hree Rivers District Council v Governor & Co of the Bank of England......
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