Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Kinghorn; Kinghorn v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth)

• 1. Evidence
  2. › Client legal privilege
  3. › Imputed waiver
  4. › Prosecutorial duty of disclosure
  5. › Whether continuation of prosecution inconsistent with maintenance of privilege over documents falling within duty of disclosure
  6. › Whether duty of disclosure informs test for imputed waiver
  7. › Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 118, 119, 122(2)
• 1. Evidence
  2. › Client legal privilege
  3. › Loss of privilege
  4. › Communications in furtherance of offence
  5. › Whether disclosure of compulsory examination transcripts to investigative and prosecutorial bodies unlawful
  6. › Whether within exception for performance of officer's duties
  7. › Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 125(1)
  8. › Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth), ss 16(2), 16(2A)
  9. › Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth), s 3E
• 1. Evidence
  2. › Client legal privilege
  3. › Whether relationship between CDPP and employed solicitor sufficiently independent for privilege to attach
  4. › Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1984 (Cth), ss 6, 15, 31
• 1. Evidence
  2. › Client legal privilege
  3. › Waiver
  4. › Voluntary disclosure of substance of advice
  5. › Whether disclosures in other documents constituted disclosure of substance of privileged advice
  6. › Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 122(3), 126

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