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AGLC: Director of Public Prosecutions v Kane [2023] VCC 145
Case: [2023] VCC 145
Decision Date: 24 April 2023

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Director of Public Prosecutions v Kane [2023] VCC 145

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Wollongong City Council v Ensile Pty Limited; Wollongong City Council v Hogarth (No 5) [2008] NSWLEC 150

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McGrath and Director-General, National Archives of Australia [2020] AATA 1790
Citation 1

…LR 4 HL 661 Director-General, Australian Archives [1988] AATA 110; (1988) 15 ALD 2; 8 AAR 403 Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468 Director of Public Prosecutions v Smith [1991] VicRp 6; [1991] 1 VR 63; (1991) 100 FLR 6 Dye v Commonwealth Securities [2010] FCA 950 Esso Australia Re…
Bell and Secretary, Department of Health (Freedom of Information) [2020] AATA 1436
Citation 2 (Para 1)

…CA 80; (1986) 161 CLR 475; 69 ALR 31; 61 ALJR 92 at 481; 34; 94 per Gibbs CJ and see also Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468 at 478-485 per Hunt CJ at CL (2)“ … What brings about the waiver is the inconsistency, which the courts, where necessary informed by considerations of fair…
Barbaro v Queensland Police Service [2020] QDC 39
Citation 3 (Para 1)

…, that the claim can be made subsequently.[14] [14]See Commissioner of Police Service v Nurter [2001] QSC 119; Director of Public Prosecutions v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468 at 479, 485.…
Bolton and Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2018] AATA 4640
Citation 4

…92 ALR 561; 77 ALJR 40 Dasreef Ptd Ltd v Hawchar [2011] HCA 21; (2011) 243 CLR 588; 277 ALR 611 Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468 Elliott & Ors v Ivey & Anor [1998] NSWSC 116 Esso Australia Resources Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation [1999] HCA 67; (1999) 201 CLR 49; 168 AL…
Utopia Financial Services Pty Ltd and Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Freedom of information) [2017] AATA 269
Citation 5

…CLR 543; 192 ALR 561; 77 ALJR 40 Danvers v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1969) 122 CLR 529 Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468 Director of Public Prosecutions v Smith [1991] VicRp 6; [1991] 1 VR 63; (1991) 100 FLR 6 Ellison v Vukicevic (1986) 7 NSWLR 104 Esso Australia Resource…
Hendi v Commonwealth of Australia (No. 2) [2016] NSWSC 1442
Citation 6

…1 was decided, Hunt CJ at CL in New South Wales also reviewed the authorities in some detail in Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468. That judgment provides support for the view that a document sent inadvertently or mistakenly would not be disclosed voluntarily within the meaning o…
Taggart and Civil Aviation Safety Authority (Freedom of information) [2016] AATA 327
Citation 7 (Para 1)

…General (NT) v Maurice (1986) 161 CLR 475; 69 ALR 31 at 481; 34 per Gibbs CJ and see also Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468 at 478-485 per Hunt CJ at CL (2)“ … What brings about the waiver is the inconsistency, which the courts, where necessary informed by considerations of fair…
Re Secretary, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and Wood & Anor [2015] AATA 945
Citation 8 (Para 1)

…r Gibbs CJ and see also Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468 at 478-485 per Hunt CJ at CL (b)“ … What brings about the waiver is the inconsistency, which the courts, where necessary informed by considerations of fairness, perceive, between the conduct of the client and maintenance…
Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Donald Galloway(a pseudonym)[1] , Robert Glenn (a pseudonym) , Stephen Palmer (a pseudonym) , Roger McKee (a pseudonym) and Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police [2014] VSCA 272
Citation 9 (Para 1)

…training the defendants from making any use of the copy advice, on the grounds of the equitable obligation of confidence, alternatively LPP. [100](1997) 140 FLR 468 (‘ Kane ’).…
Armstrong Strategic Management and Marketing Pty Ltd v Expense Reduction Analysts Group Pty Ltd [2012] NSWCA 430
Citation 10

…s (Aust) Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 172; (2007) 73 IPR 326 Derby & Co v Weldon (No 8) [1991] 1 WLR 73 Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468 Douglas v Hello! Ltd (No 3) [2006] QB 125 DSE (Holdings) Pty Limited v Intertan Inc [2003] FCA 384; (2003) 127 FCR 499 English and American Insurance…
Re Denehy and Superannuation Complaints Tribunal [2012] AATA 608
Citation 11 (Para 1)

…or of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468 at 478-485 per Hunt CJ at CL (b)“ … What brings about the waiver is the inconsistency, which the courts, where necessary informed by considerations of fairness, perceive, between the conduct of the client and maintenance of the confidentiality; not so…
Mullett and Attorney-General's Department [2012] AATA 103
Citation 12 (Para 1)

…secutions (Commonwealth) v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468 at 478-485 per Hunt CJ at CL (b)“ … What brings about the waiver is the inconsistency, which the courts, where necessary informed by considerations of fairness, perceive, between the conduct of the client and maintenance of the confidentiality; not some overriding pr…
Re Philip Morris Limited and Prime Minister [2011] AATA 556
Citation 13

…missioner for Railways (NSW) (1969) 122 CLR 529 Department of Community Services [1991] FCA 150 Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468 Director of Public Prosecutions v Smith [1991] 1 VR 63; (1991) 100 FLR 6 Drake v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1979) 2 ALD 60; 24 ALR…
British American Tobacco Australia Limited v Department of Health and Ageing [2011] AATA 216
Citation 14

…ustralian Federal Police v Propend Finance Ltd (1997) 188 CLR 501; 141 ALR 545; 91 A Crim R 451 Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468 Edmondson v Birch & Co Ltd [1907] 1 KB 371 Egan v Willis [1998] HCA 71; (1998) 195 CLR 424; 158 ALR 527; 73 ALJR 75 Erglis v Buckley [2004] QCA 223;…
Philip Morris Limited v Department of Health and Ageing [2011] AATA 215
Citation 15

…ustralian Federal Police v Propend Finance Ltd (1997) 188 CLR 501; 141 ALR 545; 91 A Crim R 451 Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468 Edmondson v Birch & Co Ltd [1907] 1 KB 371 Egan v Willis [1998] HCA 71; (1998) 195 CLR 424; 158 ALR 527; 73 ALJR 75 Erglis v Buckley [2004] QCA 223;…
Timothy Mills v Walter Wojcech [2011] NSWSC 86
Citation 16 (Para 1)

…Clinics of Australia Pty Limited and other authorities. His Honour dealt with the decision of Hunt CJ at CL in Director of Public Prosecutions v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468 which, Gyles J said, provided support for the view that a document sent mistakenly or advertently would not be disclosed voluntarily within the meani…
PASCOT & PASCOT [2010] FamCA 644
Citation 17 (Para 7)

…was decided, Hunt CJ at CL in New South Wales also reviewed the authorities in some detail in Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468. That judgment provides support for the view that a document sent inadvertently or mistakenly would not be disclosed voluntarily within the meaning of…
Cowell v British American Tobacco Australia Services Ltd [2007] VSCA 301
Citation 18 (Para 1)

…Pty Ltd (1997) 188 CLR 501, 565 (Gummow J); ISTIL Group Inc v Zahoor [2003] 2 ALL ER 252; ISTIL v Director of Public Prosecutions (C’th) v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468, 476-7, (Hunt CJ at CL); Trevorrow v South Australia (No 4) (2006) 94 SASR 64, 71 (Doyle CJ); Heydon, Cross on Evidence , above n 29, [25025]. [32] Goddard…
Hunt v A [2007] NZCA 332
Citation 19

…[85] In Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468 (NSWSC) Hunt CJ (referring to Johns v Australian Securities Commission (1993) 178 CLR 408) said at 473:…
Unsworth v Tristar Steering and Suspension Australia Ltd [2007] FCA 1081
Citation 20 (Para 8)

…1 was decided, Hunt CJ at CL in New South Wales also reviewed the authorities in some detail in Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468. That judgment provides support for the view that a document sent inadvertently or mistakenly would not be disclosed voluntarily within the meaning o…
British American Tobacco Australia Ltd v Gordon [2007] NSWSC 230
Citation 21

…ia Services Ltd v Cowell [2003] VSCA 43 Calcraft v Guest [1898] 1 QB 759 Director of Public Prosecutions v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468 Goddard v Nationwide Building Society [1987] QB 670 James Hardie & Coy Pty Ltd v Barry (2000) 50 NSWLR 357 Lord Ashburton v Pape [1913] 2 Ch 469 Malone v Metropolitan Police Commissioner…
AWB Ltd v Cole [2006] FCA 571
Citation 22 (Para 10)

…lth’s position in this respect is in line with settled authority: see Mann v Carnell (1999) 201 CLR 1 at 13; Director of Public Prosecutions v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468 at 479-480 and 485-486; Goldberg v Ng (1996) 185 CLR 83 at 96-98, 109-110, 120-22; Commissioner of Police Service v Nirta [2002] 1 QdR 364; Saunders v…
Trevorrow v State of South Australia (No 4) [2006] SASC 42
Citation 23 (Para 16)

…f the documents does not necessarily depend upon the continued existence of the privilege: see ISTIL and Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468 at 476-477 Hunt CJ at CL.…
Trevorrow v State Of South Australia (No 2) [2005] SASC 369
Citation 24 (Para 9)

…structions Pty Ltd v University of Newcastle (Unreported, NSW Supreme Court, 12 December 1997); Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468; National Insurance Co Ltd v Whirlybird Holdings Ltd [1994] 2 NZLR 513; Great Atlantic Insurance Co v Home Insurance Co [1981] 2 All ER 485.…
AG Australia Holdings Ltd v Burton [2002] NSWSC 170
Citation 25

…87) 9 NSWLR 538 Webster v James Chapman & Co [1989] 3 All ER 939 Derby & Co Ltd v Weldon [1991] 1 WLR 73 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468 Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Rettke (1995) 31 IPR 457 Sullivan v Sclanders (2000) 77 SASR 419 Commonwealth of Australia v John Fairfax & Sons Lt…
Maurice Blackburn Cashman v Ackland [2001] NSWSC 863
Citation 26

…990] 1 AC 109 Coco v A N Clark (Engineers) Ltd [1969] RPC 41 Criminal Justice Commission v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (1994) 28 IPR 360 DPP (Cth) v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468 Donnelly v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd NSWSC 5 November 1998 unreported Hodgson CJ in Eq Hitchcock v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd (No 2) [200…
Dibb v Avco Financial Services Limited [2000] FCA 1785
Citation 27 (Para 26)

…Superannuation Plan. The only authority referred to by Superannuation Plan in support of its motion was Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468. While this case contains a careful review of the authorities, in important respects it has been overtaken by the decision of the High Court in Mann…
Islam v Duncan [2000] NTCA 3
Citation 28 (Para 4)

…Meltend Pty Ltd v Restoration Clinics Aust Pty Ltd (1997) 75 FCR 511 at 522-23. These cases were referred to by Hunt CJ at CL in DPP (Cwth) v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468 at 482. As the judgment of Hunt CJ at CL shows there is an important distinction between confidential information and legal professional privilege as t…
National Australia Bank Limited and 2 Ors v Idoport Pty Limited and 4 Ors [1999] NSWSC 964
Citation 29

…Ltd [1969] RPC 41 Commonwealth v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1980) 147 CLR 30 Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) v Kane and Others (1997) 140 FLR 468 Kavia Holdings Pty Limited v Werncog Pty Limited [1999] NSWSC 839 (Santow J, 18 August 1999, unreported) LAC Minerals Ltd v International Corona Resources Ltd…
Police Service, Commissioner of v Nirta [2001] QSC 119
Citation 30

…lied waiver. Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000, s69 Baker v Campbell (1983) 153 CLR 52 Director of Public Prosecutions v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468 Saunders v Commissioner, Australian Federal Police (1998) 160 ALR 469 Waugh v British Railways Board [1980] AC 521…
Middendorp v Lygina [No 2] [2021] WASC 431
Citation 31 (Para 2)

…The second authority relied upon was the decision of Hunt CJ in Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468, where his Honour summarised the general observations made by Nourse LJ in Goddard v Nationwide Building Society [1987] QB 670 at 684 - 686, in relation to the case where the commun…
CMA Corporation Ltd v Rowe [2010] FCA 1042
Citation 32 (Para 3)

…In Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468; Hunt CJ at CL concluded that privilege in a document inadvertently sent with a letter had not been waived. That conclusion appeared to follow directly from the terms of s 122 of the Evidence Act as it then stood and it was important that the…
R v Brady (Ruling No 1) [2014] VSC 450
Citation 33 (Para 1)

…ition that an application for a stay is not a criminal proceeding, for the purposes of s 123. Kane is not authority for such a broad proposition. [16](1997) 140 FLR 468.…
Lactalis Jindi Pty Ltd & Anor v Jindi Cheese Pty Ltd & Ors [2013] VSC 475
Citation 34

…[21]Ibid, 673-674 (citations omitted). Odgers states that the approach in Ampolex was followed in Director of Public Prosecutions v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468; BT Australasia Pty Ltd v NSW (No 8) (1998) 154 ALR 202, 208-209 (Sackville J) and Doran Constructions Pty Ltd (in liq), Re (2002) 194 ALR 101; [202] NSWSC 215 [1…
Total Trading SRL v Nastri & Anor [2007] VSC 313
Citation 35 (Para 1)

…538; Webster v James Chapman & Co (1989) 3 All ER 939; Derby & Co Ltd v Weldon (No. 8) [1991] 1 WLR 73; Director of Public Prosecutions (Clth) v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468; Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Rettke (1995) 31 IPR 457.…
Wollongong City Council v Ensile Pty Limited; Wollongong City Council v Hogarth (No 5) [2008] NSWLEC 150
Citation 36

…) 43 NSWLR 539 Carter v The Managing Partner, Northmore Hale Davey and Leake (1995) 183 CLR 121 Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) v Kane (1997) 140 FLR 468 Esso Australia Resources Limited v Commissioner of Taxation of the Commonwealth of Australia (1999) 201 CLR 49 R v Pearson (Unreported, Supreme Court…

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Worboyes v The Queen [2021] VSCA 169
Citation 1

…COVID-19 pandemic. Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1958 s 77; Sentencing Act 1991 ss 6AAA, 18. Cases Cited: Worboyes v The Queen [2021] VSCA 169; Bugmy v Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571; R v Verdins (2007) 16 VR 269. Sentence: Imprisonment for a period of 12 months and following the period of imprisonment to be placed on…
Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37
Citation 2

…Cited: Crimes Act 1958 s 77; Sentencing Act 1991 ss 6AAA, 18. Cases Cited: Worboyes v The Queen [2021] VSCA 169; Bugmy v Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571; R v Verdins (2007) 16 VR 269. Sentence: Imprisonment for a period of 12 months and following the period of imprisonment to be placed on an 2 year Community Correction Ord…
R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102
Citation 3

…ntencing Act 1991 ss 6AAA, 18. Cases Cited: Worboyes v The Queen [2021] VSCA 169; Bugmy v Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571; R v Verdins (2007) 16 VR 269. Sentence: Imprisonment for a period of 12 months and following the period of imprisonment to be placed on an 2 year Community Correction Order.…

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