Northern Territory v Maurice

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Judgment Date1986
Neutral Citation[1986] HCA 80,1986-1216 HCA A
Date1986
Year1986
CourtHigh Court
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2 firm's commentaries
  • Experts and legal professional privilege
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 12 Mayo 2013
    ...the privilege after a disclosure, then there may be a waiver of privilege (Attorney General for the Northern Territory v Maurice (1986) 161 CLR 475; Goldberg v Ng (1995) 185 CLR 83; Mann v Carnell (1999) 201 CLR 1). Waiver of privilege with respect to expert witnesses will arise because the......
  • Saying hello, waiving goodbye (to privilege)
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 9 Octubre 2019
    ...10 [2019] QSC 144 at [76]. 11 Ibid at [80]. 12 Rule 31, Australian Solicitor Conduct Rules 2012. 13 Attorney-General (NT) v Maurice (1986) 161 CLR 475. The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your spe......
3 books & journal articles
  • Some aspects of waiver of litigation privilege in commonwealth jurisdictions
    • Caribbean Community
    • Caribbean Law Review No. 9-2, December 1999
    • 1 Diciembre 1999
    ...Co [1981] 2AllER 485 at 493, per Templeman, L.J., The statement of Gibbs, C J., in Attorney Generalforthe Northern Territory v Maurice (1986) 69 A L R 31 at 34, to the effect that" like every privilege properly so called, it can be waived, but only by the person entitled to claim it, that i......
  • Human Rights in the High Court of Australia, 1976-2003: The Righting of Australian Law?
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 33-2, June 2005
    • 1 Junio 2005
    ...for Corporate Affairs (1985) 156 CLR 385 (Murphy J re: privilege against self-incrimination); Attorney-General (NT) v Maurice (1986) 161 CLR 475 (Deane J re: legal professional privilege); J v Lieschke (1987) 162 CLR 447 (Wilson J re: common law doctrine of natural justice); Secretary, Depa......
  • The influence of Professor J.H. Wigmore on evidence law in Australia
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The No. 19-1, January 2015
    • 1 Enero 2015
    ...of the relevant events. The 70. For example in relation to waiver of legal professional privilege, see Attorney-General (NT) v Maurice (1986) 161 CLR 475; in relation to the limits of cross-examination, see Libke v R (2007) 235 ALR 517 Heydon J; in relation to the admissibility ofopinion ev......

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