Grant v Downs
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Neutral Citation | [1976] HCA 63,1976-1126 HCA B |
| Date | 1976 |
| Year | 1976 |
| Court | High Court |
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Legal Privilege - October 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 ......
10 books & journal articles
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The Development of the High Court's Willingness to Overrule Common Law Precedent
...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......
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Litigation
...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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Legal Advice Privilege and the Corporate Client
...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......
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The Australian Constitution's Influence on the Common Law
...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......
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