Hearings
New Zealand
19 May 2003 [2003] UKPC 38; [2003] 2 AC 736; [2003] 3 WLR 859; [2004] 4 All ER 269, PC
B v Auckland District Law Society
Subject Matter
SOLICITOR — New zealand — Solicitor — Discipline — Investigating committee — Statutory power to requisition documents — Whether overriding legal professional privilege — Whether privilege lost or waived by limited disclosure — Law Practitioners Act 1982, ss 101(3)(d)(6), 126, 127
[2003] UKPC 38; [2003] 2 AC 736; [2003] 3 WLR 859; [2004] 4 All ER 269, PC
PRACTICE — Discovery — Privilege — Legal professional privilege — Law society's investigation into complaint against law firm — Limited disclosure of firm's documents on express condition that privilege not waived — Society refusing firm's request for return of documents — Whether privilege lost or waived — Whether society entitled to retain and use documents — New Zealand
[2003] UKPC 38; [2003] 2 AC 736; [2003] 3 WLR 859; [2004] 4 All ER 269, PC
Appellate History
B v Auckland District Law Society [2002] 1 NZLR 721
Decision of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand reversed
B v Auckland District Law Society [2003] UKPC 38; [2003] 2 AC 736; [2003] 3 WLR 859; [2004] 4 All ER 269, PC
Commentary
Blackstones Criminal Practice 2025
Legal Professional Privilege - Statutory Provisions
F10.19
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Legal Professional Privilege - Statutory exclusion of legal professional privilege
50.104
Waiver of Privilege 50.122