[2008] NZEmpC WC 17/08 Witcombe v Clerk of the House of Representatives [pdf, 219 KB]
...to a client. Here the position is different: the preliminary draft investigation report was the client’s document, not the legal adviser’s. [56] The judgment of the Tompkins J in Kupe Group Ltd & Ors v Seamar Holdings Ltd & Ors HC Auckland, CP.2826/88, 18 July 1995 referred to and adopted the principles propounded by the English Court of Appeal in Balabel v Air India [1988] 2 All ER 246. These are that the purpose and scope of privilege is still to enable legal advic...