FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

 

Temwell Pty Ltd v DKGR Holdings Pty Ltd [2003] FCA 985


 

 

 

 

TEMWELL PTY LTD (ACN 082 656 157)  -v-  DKGR HOLDINGS PTY LTD (formerly known as DYNAMIC DATA SYSTEMS PTY LTD) (In Liquidation) (ACN 062 778 616),  mCOM SOLUTIONS INC, DRAGON VENTURES. COM INC, mCOM SOLUTIONS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (In Liquidation) (ACN 091 375 950), DAVID HAINS, ROBERT VAN ZANTEN, DRAGONVENTURES.COM LTD, RICHARD HAINS  and  IAN MORRIS KIEFEL

 

AND

 

mCOM SOLUTIONS INC. and mCOM SOLUTIONS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (In Liquidation) (ACN 091 375 950) v  TEMWELL PTY LTD (ACN 082 656 157), SLADEMERE PTY LTD (ACN 082 656 139), SHEPRIDGE PTY LTD (ACN 082 696 077), GEOFFREY MICHAEL TAUBER, MORRY FRAID, ROGER ENRIQUEZ

 

V 663 of 2000



RYAN J

24 SEPTEMBER 2003

MELBOURNE


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

 

 

 

VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY

V 663 of 2000

 

 

BETWEEN:

TEMWELL PTY LTD (ACN 082 656 157)

Applicant

 

 

AND:

DKGR HOLDINGS PTY LTD (formerly known as DYNAMIC DATA SYSTEMS PTY LTD) (In Liquidation) (ACN 062 778 616)

First Respondent

 

 

 

mCOM SOLUTIONS INC.

Second Respondent

 

 

 

DRAGON VENTURES. COM INC

Third Respondent

 

 

 

mCOM SOLUTIONS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (In Liquidation) (ACN 091 375 950)

Fourth Respondent

 

 

 

DAVID HAINS

Fifth Respondent

 

 

 

ROBERT VAN ZANTEN

Sixth Respondent

 

 

 

DRAGONVENTURES.COM LTD

Seventh Respondent

 

 

 

RICHARD HAINS

Eighth Respondent

 

 

 

IAN MORRIS KIEFEL

Ninth Respondent

 

 

AND BETWEEN:

 

 

mCOM SOLUTIONS INC. and mCOM SOLUTIONS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (In Liquidation) (ACN 091 375 950)

Cross-Claimants

AND:

 

 

TEMWELL PTY LTD (ACN 082 656 157)

SLADEMERE PTY LTD (ACN 082 656 139)

SHEPRIDGE PTY LTD (ACN 082 696 077)

GEOFFREY MICHAEL TAUBER

MORRY FRAID

ROGER ENRIQUEZ

Cross-Respondents

 

 

JUDGE:

RYAN J

DATE:

24 SEPTEMBER 2003

PLACE:

MELBOURNE


RULING No 7 ON CLAIM OF LEGAL PROFESSIONAL PRIVILEGE  IN RELATION TO COMMUNICATIONS TO AND FROM APPLICANT’S EXPERT WITNESSES

1                     On 9 September 2003, I published a ruling in this matter on a claim advanced on behalf of the applicant (“Temwell”), that certain communications with expert witnesses were protected by legal professional privilege;  see [2003] FCA 948.  That ruling was focused on file notes made by Mr Pringle, one of Temwell’s solicitors, of communications with two accounting or valuation experts, Ms June Wilson and Mr Peter Rayner.

2                     A call has been made on behalf of the mCom respondents for production of further documents of the same general character recording communications with the same expert witnesses and two other witnesses, Mr Zeev Goldstein and Prof Goldschlager.  Mr Goldstein’s evidence included expert testimony going to the description or definition of “Application Software” developed in connection with the MTD 3000.  Those communications were mainly between one or other of the four experts and Mr Pringle, Mr Godfred-Spenning, Mr Horsfall, who have all acted at relevant times as solicitors for Temwell and Mr Golvan SC, Senior Counsel for Temwell.  The documents have conveniently been collated by Temwell’s solicitors in five schedules, one devoted to each of the four expert witnesses identified above and a fifth “Schedule of Miscellaneous Documents Relevant to the Expert Witnesses.”  I have adapted those schedules for the purpose of indicating, in a manner corresponding with the schedule to my earlier ruling, [2003] FCA 948, whether the claim of privilege has been sustained or rejected.  Except where the reasons for adopting one or other of those classifications have been expanded below, it may be taken that I have applied the principles outlined in the earlier ruling.

3                     In respect of draft reports I have continued to apply, as I understood them, the principles distilled by Lindgren J in Australian Securities and Investment Commission v Southcorp [2003] FCA 804 from which I quoted extensively at [7]-[8] of my ruling of 9 September 2003.  Where a draft report has been annotated in a way which seems to record instructions or further information supplied to the expert witness or records some development of the expert’s own thinking, I have rejected the claim of privilege in respect of the draft as so annotated.  On the other hand, if the annotations have appeared to record an understanding by Counsel or one of the applicant’s solicitors of the effect of a passage in the draft or to record suggestions made for the preparation or conduct of the applicant’s case which were not directed to the provision of a fresh or revised report by the expert, I have sustained the claim of privilege.

4                     At first sight it may appear difficult to reconcile the approach taken in Southcorp, which I have followed in the present case, with the result reached by the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Queensland in Interchase Corporation Ltd (In Liq) v Grosvenor Hill (Queensland) Pty Ltd (No 1) [1999] 1 QdR 141 where a claim of legal professional privilege was upheld in respect of documents in Category A described as follows;

‘Letters, facsimiles and enclosures passing between Feez Ruthning as solicitors for the plaintiff and Richard Ellis regarding the Retrospective Valuation, numbered 1 to 12 inclusive, contained in a folder marked with the letter "A" and entitled "Richard Ellis - Writ of Non-Party Discovery".’ [Richard Ellis was a firm of real estate valuers.]


5                     However, Thomas J in that case observed at 162;

‘I would hold that in general, when an expert is engaged by a solicitor for the purpose of giving evidence in a case, documents generated by the expert and information recorded in one form or another by the expert in the course of forming an opinion are not a proper subject for a claim of legal professional privilege. Privilege may however be claimed in relation to communications between the expert and the solicitor (both ways) when such communication is made for the purpose of confidential use in the litigation. Beyond this there is no sufficient reason why any material relevant to the formation of the expert's opinion should be subject to a claim of legal professional privilege. It is as well to add that an expert or solicitor may not artificially manufacture privilege by, for example, the expert sending his or her file to the solicitor. Documents of this kind simply are not confidential.’


6                     It is not clear from the description of the Category A documents or from the reasoning of either Pincus J or Thomas J (with both of whom de Jersey J agreed) what was regarded as permitting a conclusion that a communication between an expert witness and a party’s legal adviser has been made “for the purpose of confidential use in the litigation”.  It may be that communications of the kind to which I have adverted in [3] above, such as explanations made to enable the legal advisers to better understand the expert’s opinion or suggestions of lines of cross-examination of opposing expert witnesses were regarded as confidential in that sense.  At all events, I consider that, in accordance with the principles enunciated by the High Court in Attorney-General (NT) v Maurice (1986) 161 CLR 475, it would be unfair for the claim of privilege to be sustained in respect of documents which record instructions, suggestions or information given or made to an expert witness or successive draft reports from which the development of his or her expert opinion can otherwise be inferred.  That is particularly so in light of the Guidelines for Expert Witnesses in this Court published as a Practice Direction on 15 September 1998 which were in force when the relevant communications were recorded.  Those Guidelines included this direction under the heading “The Form of the Expert Evidence”:

‘There should be attached to the report, or summarised in it, the following:

(i)        all instructions (original and supplementary and whether in writing or oral) given to the expert which define the scope of the report; 

(ii)       the facts, matters and assumptions upon which the report proceeds;  and

(iii)      the documents and other materials which the expert has been instructed to consider.’


7                     In a passage from Southcorp at [5] which I have quoted at [8] of my ruling of 9 September 2003, Lindgren J discussed the treatment to be accorded to “marking up” or “tracking” which he described as having been made by a solicitor to highlight changes from one draft to another of the expert’s report.  That “marking up” or “tracking”, his Honour regarded as a confidential communication from solicitor to counsel which attracts legal professional privilege.  That may be unexceptionable as a matter of principle.  However, since the same exercise could be carried out with no more than the expenditure of a little time by a reader of the two drafts, I have not undertaken the sterile task of trying to identify who “marked up” or “tracked” particular copies of draft reports which have apparently been so treated.  In other words, where I have considered that, prima facie, a claim to privilege should be rejected in respect of a draft report, I have not departed from that conclusion simply because the relevant copy has been “marked up” or “tracked.”

8                     It was drawn to my attention in the course of oral submissions on the morning of 22 September 2003, that certain file notes made by Mr Pringle, a solicitor for Temwell, were divisible into discrete parts, only one or more of which recorded communications to or from expert witnesses so as to lose the legal professional privilege which has been claimed for the whole document.  I have therefore ruled that the claim as to the file notes of 30 March 2001 at 9.30 am, 17 August 2001 and 20 May 2003 should be rejected only in respect of those parts recording communications to or from Prof Goldschlager.  A similar approach has been taken to Mr Pringle’s file note of 21 February 2003 and his conference note of 19 May 2003 in relation to Mr Rayner.


I certify that the preceding eight (8) numbered paragraphs are a true copy of the Reasons for Judgment herein of the Honourable Justice Ryan.


Associate:


Dated:             24 September 2003


Counsel for the Applicant

and Cross Respondents:

Mr C D Golvan SC with Dr S Ricketson



Solicitors for the Applicant

and Cross Respondents:

Meerkin & Apel



Counsel for the mCom Respondents

and Cross-Claimants:

Mr J L Sher QC with Mr J Delany



Solicitors for the mCom Respondents

and Cross-Claimants:

Minter Ellison



Counsel for Mr Elbaum

and D&E Consulting Pty Ltd:

Mr M Goldblatt



Solicitors for Mr Elbaum

and D&E Consulting Pty Ltd

Walker Herceg



Dates of Hearing:

12 and 22 September 2003



Date of Ruling:

24 September 2003



SCHEDULE OF DOCUMENTS RELEVANT TO THE WITNESS PETER RAYNER

 

1.         Privileged documents which the Applicant submits ought not be produced to the Respondents

Date

Description

Ruling on Claim of Privilege

Correspondence

16/04/2002

E-mail from Peter Rayner to Andrew Godfred-Spenning including chain of e-mails from commencing 16/04/2002

Sustained

17/04/2002

E-mail from Peter Rayner to Andrew Godfred-Spenning including CV

Sustained

23/04/2002

E-mail from Peter Rayner to Andrew Godfred-Spenning in response to e-mail from Andrew Godfred-Spenning to Peter Rayner of 23/04/2002

Sustained

27/05/2002

E-mail from Peter Rayner to Andrew Godfred-Spenning in response to e-mail from Andrew Godfred-Spenning to Peter Rayner of 27/05/2002

Sustained

5/06/2002

E-mail from Peter Rayner to Andrew Godfred-Spenning in response to e-mail from Andrew Godfred-Spenning to Peter Rayner of 5/06/2002

Sustained

28/06/2002

Letter from Peter Rayner to David Pringle

Rejected

2/07/2002

Letter from David Pringle to Peter Rayner

Rejected

3/07/2002

E-mail from Peter Rayner to David Pringle including Memo of 15/05/2002 (19:27)

Rejected

3/07/2002

E-mail from Peter Rayner to David Pringle (19:36)

Rejected

5/07/2002

Letter from David Pringle to Peter Rayner including final Deloittes report (enclosure not included)

Rejected

16/07/2002

E-mail from Peter Rayner to Andrew Godfred-Spenning in response to e-mail from Andrew Godfred-Spenning to Peter Rayner of 16/07/2002

Sustained

17/07/2002

E-mail from David Pringle to Peter Rayner including chain of e-mails from-mails commencing 16/07/2002

Sustained

22/07/2002

Account Letter from Peter Rayner to David Pringle

Rejected

24/07/2002

E-mail from Cristina Zelante to David Pringle including letter dated 22/07/2002 (noted as 17/07/2002) (11:31)

Sustained

24/07/2002

E-mail from Peter Rayner to David Pringle including draft Report dated July 2002 (17:28)

Sustained

30/07/2002

E-mail from Peter Rayner to David Pringle (attachment not available) (13:05)

Sustained

30/07/2002

E-mail from David Pringle to Peter Rayner(attachment not available) (16:00)

Rejected

31/07/2002

E-mail from Peter Rayner to David Pringle (attachment not available)

Sustained

6/08/2002

Account Letter from Peter Rayner to David Pringle

Rejected

19/08/2002

E-mail from Denise Claessen to Cristina Zelante

Sustained

23/08/2002

Letter from Peter Rayner to David Pringle

Sustained

24/01/2002

Letter from David Pringle to Peter Rayner

Sustained

28/01/2003

Letter from Peter Rayner to David Pringle

Sustained

11/02/2003

E-mail from David Pringle to Peter Rayner including chain of e-mails from-mails commencing 10/02/2003

Sustained

28/03/2002

E-mail from David Pringle to Peter Rayner

Sustained

31/03/2003

E-mail from Peter Rayner to David Pringle in response to e-mail from David Pringle to RP dated 28/03/2003

Sustained

8/04/2003

E-mail from Peter Rayner to David Pringle including chain of e-mails from-mails commencing 8/04/2003

Sustained

15/04/2003

E-mail from Peter Rayner to David Pringle including draft Supplementary Report

Rejected

16/04/2003

E-mail from Peter Rayner to David Pringle

Sustained

17/04/2003

E-mail from Andrew Godfred-Spenning to Peter Rayner

Sustained

7/05/2003

E-mail from Peter Rayner to David Pringle (16:07)

Rejected

7/05/2003

E-mail from Peter Rayner to David Pringle including draft Independent Expert Report dated 7 May 2003 (16:59)

Rejected

9/05/2003

E-mail from Andrew Godfred-Spenning to Peter Rayner (13:22)

Rejected

9/05/2003

E-mail from Cristina Cottrell to David Pringle including draft Reports (15:04)

Rejected

8/05/2003

E-mail from Cristina Cottrell to David Pringle including draft Reports

Rejected

9/05/2003

E-mail from Cristina Cottrell to David Pringle (15:05)

Sustained

9/05/2003

E-mail from Cristina Cottrell to David Pringle including draft Supplementary Report (15:09)

Rejected

9/05/2003

E-mail from Andrew Godfred-Spenning to Peter Rayner including draft Rayner affidavit (15:35)

Rejected

9/05/2003

E-mail from Andrew Godfred-Spenning to Peter Rayner including draft affidavit exhibit sheets (15:42)

Sustained

21/05/2003

E-mail from David Pringle to Phillip Rundle including draft Independent Expert Report dated 9 May 2003

Rejected

28/05/2003

E-mail from David Pringle to Phillip Rundle including draft Supplementary Report

Rejected

13/06/2003

E-mail from Cristina Cottrell to David Pringle including CV (17:23)

Rejected

13/06/2003

E-mail from David Pringle to Cristina Cottrell in response to e-mail from Cristina Cottrell to David Pringle (17:42)

Rejected

15/06/2003

E-mail from Cristina Cottrell to David Pringle including draft Reports (18:54)

Rejected

15/06/2003

E-mail from Colin Golvan to Cristina Cottrell and David Pringle including draft Reports (21:12)

Rejected

15/06/2003

E-mail from Colin Golvan to Cristina Cottrell and David Pringle including draft Particulars of Loss and Damage (21:57)

Rejected

16/06/2003

E-mail from Peter Rayner to Colin Golvan (9:47)

Sustained

16/06/2003

E-mail from Phillip Rundle to Chris Horsfall (11:03)

Rejected

16/06/2003

E-mail from Cristina Cottrell to David Pringle including draft Reports (12:31)

Rejected

16/06/2003

E-mail from Cristina Cottrell to David Pringle including draft Independent Expert Report dated 16 June 2003 (18:33)


Rejected

16/06/2003

E-mail from Cristina Cottrell to David Pringle including final Independent Expert Report dated 16 July 2003 (19:04)

Rejected

19/06/2003

E-mail from David Pringle to Peter Rayner including draft Independent Expert Report dated 16 June 2003 (15:31)

Rejected

19/06/2003

E-mail from David Pringle to Peter Rayner including Supplementary Report dated 16 June 2003 (15:50)

Rejected

19/06/2003

E-mail from David Pringle to Peter Rayner including draft Particulars of Loss and Damage (15:52)

Rejected

19/06/2003

E-mail from Cristina Cottrell to David Pringle including amended Rayner Reports (18:15)

Rejected

16/07/2003

Letter from David Pringle to Peter Rayner re trial dates

Sustained

17/07/2003

E-mail from Peter Rayner to Chris Horsfall

Sustained

3/09/2003

E-mail from David Pringle to Peter Rayner in response to e-mail from Peter Rayner to David Pringle of 3/09/2003

Sustained

Filenotes And Conference Notes

16/04/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

17/04/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

23/04/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

26/04/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

1/05/2002

Filenote of David Pringle

Sustained

8/05/2002

Filenote of David Pringle

Sustained

27/05/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

4/06/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

5/06/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

12/06/2002

Filenote of David Pringle

Rejected

17/06/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

19/06/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected

20/06/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected

20/06/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected

20/06/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected

24/06/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected

26/06/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected

3/07/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected

4/07/2002

Conference Note of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected

16/07/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

19/07/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected

22/07/2002

Filenote of David Pringle

Sustained

23/07/2002

Conference Note of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected

30/07/2002

Conference Note of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected

20/02/2003

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

21/02/2003

Filenote of David Pringle

Rejected as to part

19/03/2002

Conference Note of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected

26/03/2003

Filenote of David Pringle

Sustained

26/03/2003

Filenote of David Pringle

Sustained

15/04/2003

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

29/04/2003

Conference Note of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

29/04/2003

Filenote of David Pringle

Sustained

30/04/2003

Filenote of David Pringle

Sustained

1/05/2003

Filenote of David Pringle

Sustained

6/05/2003

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning at 2.05 pm

Sustained

7/05/2003

Conference Note of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected

8/05/2003

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning of telephone to Peter Rayner

Sustained

8/05/2003

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning of telephone to Phillip Rundle

Sustained


19/05/2003

Conference Note of David Pringle

Rejected as to part

5/06/2003

Filenote of Chris Horsfall

Sustained

10/06/2003

Filenote of Chris Horsfall

Sustained


2.         Privileged documents which arguably fall within category of documents which the court may direct to be disclosed (per Temwell Pty Ltd v DKGR Holdings Pty Ltd [2003] FCA 948)

Date

Description

Ruling on Claim of Privilege

Correspondence

 

8/05/2002

Letter from David Pringle to Peter Rayner

Rejected

31/05/2002

Letter from Peter Rayner to David Pringle

Rejected

4/06/2002

E-mail from Peter Rayner to Andrew Godfred-Spenning including Letter of Engagement

Rejected

7/06/2002

Letter from David Pringle to Peter Rayner

Rejected

11/06/2002

Letter from David Pringle to Peter Rayner

Rejected

12/06/2002

Letter from David Pringle to Peter Rayner

Rejected

17/06/2002

E-mail from Andrew Godfred-Spenning to Peter Rayner

Rejected

20/06/2002

Letter from David Pringle to Peter Rayner

Rejected

5/07/2002

LDP to Peter Rayner (enclosures not available)

Rejected

17/07/2002

E-mail from Peter Rayner to David Pringle including draft Independent Expert Report dated July 2002

Rejected

19/07/2002

E-mail from Peter Rayner to David Pringle including draft Independent Expert Report dated July 2002

Rejected

24/07/2002

E-mail from Andrew Godfred-Spenning to Peter Rayner

Rejected

29/07/2002

Fax from Andrew Godfred-Spenning to Peter Rayner including financial documents

Rejected

31/07/2002

E-mail from Peter Rayner to David Pringle including Final Independent Expert Report

Rejected

31/07/2002

Final Independent Expert Report dated 31 July 2002

Rejected

8/04/2003

Letter from David Pringle to Peter Rayner including COA schedule

Rejected

14/04/2003

Letter from David Pringle to Peter Rayner

Rejected

1/05/2003

Letter from David Pringle to Peter Rayner including various financial documents

Rejected

2/05/2003

Letter from David Pringle to Peter Rayner

Rejected

7/05/2003

E-mail from Phillip Rundle to David Pringle including draft Independent Expert Report dated 7 May 2003

Rejected

8/05/2003

Letter from David Pringle to Peter Rayner

Rejected

29/05/2003

Letter from David Pringle to Peter Rayner including ANZ Acknowledgement

Rejected

29/05/2003

Letter from David Pringle to Peter Rayner including extracts of Kiefel affidavit

Rejected

3/06/2003

Letter from David Pringle to Peter Rayner including schedule

Rejected

10/06/2003

Letter from David Pringle to Peter Rayner including Goldstein affidavit (attachment not included)

Rejected

13/06/2003

E-mail from David Pringle to Peter Rayner including preliminary report of Les Goldschlager (14:11)

Rejected

13/06/2003

E-mail from David Pringle to Peter Rayner including draft Report of June Wilson dated 13/06/2003 (referred to in List of Documents dated 8/9/2003) (17:39)

Rejected

16/06/2003

E-mail from Peter Rayner to David Pringle including filenote (11:03)

Rejected

16/06/2003

E-mail from David Pringle to Peter Rayner including draft Report of June Wilson dated 16/06/2003 (referred to in List of Documents dated 8/9/2003) (15:13)

Rejected

17/06/2003

Letter from David Pringle to Peter Rayner including Rayner affidavit (enclosure not included)

Rejected

19/06/2003

E-mail from David Pringle to Peter Rayner and June Wilson including amended June Wilson report dated 19/06/2003 (15:28)

Rejected

19/06/2003

E-mail from David Pringle to Peter Rayner including final June Wilson report dated 19 June 2003 (17:40)

Rejected

20/06/2003

Letter from David Pringle to Peter Rayner including sworn Rayner and Wilson affidavits (enclosures not included)

Rejected

Filenotes And Conference Notes

 

3/07/2002

Filenote of David Pringle

Rejected

9/04/2003

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected

7/05/2003

Conference Note of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected

8/05/2003

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected



SCHEDULE OF DOCUMENTS RELEVANT TO THE WITNESS JUNE WILSON

 

1.    Privileged documents which the Applicant submits ought not be produced to the Respondents

Date

Description

Ruling on Claim of Privilege

Correspondence

15/11/2001

Letter from John Spender to June Wilson

Rejected

26/11/2001

Letter from June Wilson to Andrew Godfred

Sustained

6/12/2001

With compliments slip from June Wilson

Sustained

6/12/2001

Letter from June Wilson to David Pringle

Rejected

10/12/2001

E-mail from Shirley Block to Shirley Block

Sustained

10/12/2001

E-mail from Katie Jones to David Pringle including Engagement Letter of 6/12/2001

Rejected

17/12/2001

Letter from David Pringle to June Wilson including signed Engagement Letter

Rejected

21/12/2001

E-mail from June Wilson to David Pringle including Draft Report of 21/12/2001

Rejected

8/01/2002

E-mail from Andrew Godfred-Spenning to June Wilson in response to E-mail from June Wilson to David Pringle of 8/01/2002

Sustained

25/01/2002

Letter from David Pringle to June Wilson

Rejected

13/02/2002

With Compliments slip from June Wilson to Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

13/02/2002

Letter from June Wilson to David Pringle including Final Report dated February 2002

Rejected

21/03/2002

E-mail from June Wilson to Andrew Godfred-Spenning including Letter from June Wilson to David Pringle of 21/03/2002

Rejected

21/03/2002

Letter from June Wilson to David Pringle

Rejected

25/07/2002

E-mail from June Wilson to Andrew Godfred-Spenning in response to E-mail from Andrew Godfred-Spenning to June Wilson of 25/07/2002 including June Wilson affidavit (attachment not available)

Sustained

24/01/2003

Letter from David Pringle to June Wilson

Sustained

7/02/2003

Letter from June Wilson to David Pringle

Sustained

17/04/2003

E-mail from June Wilson to Andrew Godfred-Spenning in response to E-mail from Andrew Godfred-Spenning to June Wilson 17/04/2003

Sustained

8/05/2003

E-mail from Andrew Godfred-Spenning to June Wilson in response to E-mail from June Wilson to Andrew Godfred-Spenning of 8/05/2003 including CV

Sustained

20/05/2003

E-mail from June Wilson to David Pringle including additional CV material (11:11)

Rejected

20/05/2003

E-mail from June Wilson to Chris Horsfall including copy of Final Report dated 21 December 2001 (14:47)

Sustained

4/06/2003

E-mail from June Wilson to David Pringle

Rejected

4/06/2003

E-mail from David Pringle to June Wilson


Rejected

13/06/2003

E-mail from June Wilson to David Pringle including draft Report dated 13/06/2003

Rejected

16/06/2003

E-mail from David Pringle to June Wilson including draft Report dated 16/06/2003 (10:24)

Rejected

16/06/2003

E-mail from June Wilson to David Pringle including draft Report dated 16/06/2003 (15:06)

Rejected

16/06/2003

E-mail from June Wilson to David Pringle including draft Report (noted as final report) (18:34)

Rejected

17/06/2003

E-mail from June Wilson to David Pringle including additional CV material (11:26)

Rejected

17/06/2003

E-mail from June Wilson to CV in response to E-mail from David Pringle to June Wilson of 17/06/2003 including additional CV material (12:25)

Rejected

17/06/2003

E-mail from June Wilson to David Pringle including revised CV (14:09)

Rejected

17/06/2003

E-mail from David Pringle to June Wilson (14:47)

Sustained

17/06/2003

E-mail from June Wilson to David Pringle (18:37)

Rejected

18/06/2003

E-mail from Colin Golvan to June Wilson including draft Report dated June 2003 (21:45)

Rejected

18/06/2003

E-mail from David Pringle to Colin Golvan copied to June Wilson (22:08)

Sustained

19/06/2003

E-mail from Colin Golvan to June Wilson including draft Report dated June 2003 (marked as final) (9:03)

Rejected

19/06/2003

E-mail from GC to David Pringle copied to June Wilson including draft Report dated June 2003 (marked as final) (14:56)

Rejected

19/06/2003

E-mail from June Wilson to David Pringle including final Report (17:37)

Rejected

3/07/2003

E-mail from June Wilson to David Pringle including chain of e-mails commencing 3/07/2003 (10:01)

Sustained

3/07/2003

E-mail from June Wilson to David Pringle in response to E-mail from David Pringle to June Wilson of 3/07/2003 (10:31)

Sustained

11/07/2003

E-mail from David Pringle to June Wilson including chain of e-mails commencing 3/07/2003

Sustained

16/07/2003

Letter from David Pringle to June Wilson

Sustained

17/07/2003

E-mail from Chris Horsfall to June Wilson

Sustained

21/07/2003

E-mail from June Wilson to Chris Horsfall

Sustained

Filenotes And Conference Notes

12/11/2001

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

15/11/2001

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

21/11/2001

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

13/12/2001

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

19/12/2001

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

25/01/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

25/01/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

29/01/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

13/02/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected

8/05/2003

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected

20/05/2003

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

21/05/2003

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

23/05/2003

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

24/06/2003

Conference Note of David Pringle

Sustained


2.    Privileged documents which arguably fall within category of documents which the court may direct to be disclosed (per Temwell Pty Ltd v DKGR Holdings Pty Ltd [2003] FCA 948)

Date

Description

Ruling on Claim of Privilege

Correspondence

23/11/2001

Fax of June Wilson to David Pringle including CVs of Colin Wight and June Wilson

Rejected

7/02/2002

Letter from David Pringle to June Wilson

Rejected

8/05/2003

E-mail from June Wilson to David Pringle including CV

Rejected

8/05/2003

E-mail from Andrew Godfred-Spenning to June Wilson

Rejected

26/05/2003

Letter from June Wilson to David Pringle including Letter of Engagement dated 26/05/2003

Rejected

27/05/2003

Fax of David Pringle to June Wilson

Rejected

3/06/2003

Letter from David Pringle to June Wilson

Rejected

12/06/2003

E-mail from June Wilson to DP including draft Report dated 12/06/2003 (referred to in List of Documents dated 8/9/2003)

Rejected

13/06/2003

E-mail from David Pringle to June Wilson including e-mail from Les Goldschlager

Rejected

16/06/2003

E-mail from David Pringle to June Wilson including draft Rayner Reports (10:26)

Rejected

16/06/2003

E-mail from David Pringle to Colin Golvan and June Wilson including draft Rayner Reports (marked final) (13:06)

Rejected

17/06/2003

Letter from David Pringle to June Wilson including sworn June Wilson affidavit (enclosure not provided)

Rejected

19/06/2003

E-mail from David Pringle to June Wilson and Peter Rayner including draft Wilson Report (15:28)

Rejected

19/06/2003

E-mail from June Wilson to David Pringle including final Report (17:37)

Rejected

20/06/2003

Letter from David Pringle to June Wilson including sworn June Wilson affidavit (enclosure not provided)

Sustained

Filenotes And Conference Notes

-

None


 


SCHEDULE OF DOCUMENTS RELEVANT TO THE WITNESS ZEEV GOLDSTEIN

 

1.    Privileged documents which the Applicant submits ought not be produced to the Respondents

Date

Description

Ruling on Claim of Privilege

31/03/2003

Filenote of David Pringle

Sustained

1/04/2003

Filenote of David Pringle

Rejected

7/04/2003

Filenote of David Pringle

Sustained

8/04/2003

Filenote of David Pringle

Sustained

15/04/2003

Filenote of David Pringle

Sustained

8/05/2003

Filenote of David Pringle

Sustained

3/06/2003

Filenote of David Pringle (9:30)

Sustained

3/06/2003

Filenote of David Pringle (11:50)

Sustained

24/04/2003

Conference Note of David Pringle

Sustained

5/05/2003

Filenote of David Pringle

Sustained

7/05/2003

Conference Note of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

13/05/2003

E-mail from Zeev Goldstein to David Pringle including chain of e-mails commencing 11/05/2003

Sustained

29/05/2003

E-mail from Zeev Goldstein to David Pringle

Sustained

3/06/2003

Conference Note of David Pringle (2:30)

Sustained

3/06/2003

Conference Note of David Pringle (3:00)

Sustained

4/06/2003

Conference Note of David Pringle

Sustained

5/06/2003

Conference Note of David Pringle (9:30)

Sustained

5/06/2003

Conference Note of David Pringle (3:00)

Sustained

6/06/2003

Filenote of David Pringle (11:28)

Sustained

6/06/2003

Filenote of David Pringle (10:54)

Sustained

6/06/2003

Conference Note of David Pringle

Sustained

6/06/2003

Filenote of David Pringle (6:05)

Sustained

14/06/2003

E-mail from Zeev Goldstein Effie Bonaccurso and David Pringle

Sustained

11/08/2003

Filenote of David Pringle

Sustained

13/08/2003

Filenote of Zeev Goldstein

Sustained

16/08/2003

E-mail from Zeev Goldstein David Pringle

Sustained

28/08/2003

E-mail from Chris Horsfall to Zeev Goldstein including MTD diagram

Sustained

31/08/2003

Conference Note of David Pringle

Sustained

1/09/2003

Filenote of David Pringle

Sustained

3/09/2003

Filenote of Chris Horsfall

Sustained




2.    Privileged documents which arguably fall within category of documents which the court may direct to be disclosed (per Temwell Pty Ltd v DKGR Holdings Pty Ltd [2003] FCA 948)

 

Date

Description

Ruling on Claim of Privilege

8/08/2003

Fax from David Pringle to Zeev Goldstein including extracts of affidavits of David Hains, Yaron Ivry and Ken Hansen

Rejected



SCHEDULE OF DOCUMENTS RELEVANT TO THE WITNESS PROFESSOR LESLIE MICHAEL GOLDSCHLAGER

 

1.    Privileged documents which the Applicant submits ought not be produced to the Respondents

Date

Description

Ruling on Claim of Privilege

Correspondence

20/02/2001

Letter from David Pringle to Les Goldschlager

Rejected

27/02/2001

E-mail from Les Goldschlager to David Pringle including biography

Rejected

26/03/2001

E-mail from David Pringle to Les Goldschlager including Confidentiality Undertaking

Rejected

9/04/2001

E-mail from David Pringle to Les Goldschlager in response to e-mail from Les Goldschlager to David Pringle of 9/04/2001 including draft Report

Rejected

15/08/2001

E-mail from Les Goldschlager to David Pringle in response to e-mail from David Pringle to Les Goldschlager of 14/08/2001

Sustained

22/08/2001

E-mail from David Pringle to Les Goldschlager including draft affidavit

Rejected

27/08/2001

E-mail from David Pringle to Les Goldschlager including draft affidavit

Rejected

22/04/2002

E-mail from David Pringle to Les Goldschlager

Sustained

22/07/2002

E-mail from Andrew Godfred-Spenning to Les Goldschlager including chain of e-mails from commencing 18/07/2002

Rejected

3/03/2003

E-mail from Les Goldschlager to Andrew Godfred-Spenning including draft Report dated 3/03/2003

Rejected

4/03/2003

E-mail from Les Goldschlager to Andrew Godfred-Spenning in response to e-mail from Andrew Godfred-Spenning to Les Goldschlager of 4/03/2003 including draft Report dated 3/03/2003

Rejected

5/03/2002

E-mail from Andrew Godfred-Spenning to Les Goldschlager including draft Report dated 3/03/2003

Rejected

17/04/2003

E-mail from Les Goldschlager to Andrew Godfred-Spenning in response to e-mail from Andrew Godfred-Spenning to Les Goldschlager of 17/04/2003

Sustained

12/06/2003

E-mail from David Pringle to Les Goldschlager

Sustained

13/06/2003

E-mail from David Pringle to Les Goldschlager

Sustained

16/06/2003

E-mail from Chris Horsfall to Les Goldschlager including draft Report dated 16/06/2003

Rejected

16/07/2003

Letter from David Pringle to Les Goldschlager

Sustained

17/07/2003

E-mail from Chris Horsfall to Les Goldschlager

Sustained

18/07/2003

E-mail from Les Goldschlager to Chris Horsfall including draft Report dated 18/07/2003 (11:43)

Rejected

18/07/2003

E-mail from Les Goldschlager to Chris Horsfall (15:22)

Rejected

Filenotes And Conference Notes

19/02/2001

Filenote of David Pringle

Sustained

23/03/2001

Filenote of David Pringle

Sustained

26/03/2001

Conference Note of David Pringle

Rejected

28/03/2001

Filenote of David Pringle

Rejected

30/03/2001

Filenote of David Pringle (9:30)

Rejected as to part

30/03/2001

Draft letter to Griffith Hack with notations

Sustained

30/03/2001

Filenote of David Pringle (3:30)

Sustained

2/04/2001

Filenote of David Pringle (11:45)

Sustained

2/04/2001

Filenote of David Pringle (10:00)

Rejected

9/04/2001

Filenote of David Pringle (8:49)

Rejected

9/04/2001

Filenote of David Pringle (4:35)

Sustained

10/04/2001

Filenote of David Pringle

Sustained

16/04/2001

Filenote of David Pringle

Rejected

23/05/2001

Filenote of David Pringle

Sustained

29/05/2001

Filenote of David Pringle

Rejected

1/06/2001

Conference Note of David Pringle

Sustained

13/06/2001

Filenote of David Pringle

Rejected

17/08/2001

Conference Note of David Pringle

Pg 1 Rejected as to part.

Pg 2 and following Sustained

21/08/2001

Filenote of David Pringle

Rejected

16/10/2001

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

1/11/2001

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected

22/04/2002

Filenote of David Pringle

Sustained

6/06/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

5/07/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning (10:02)

Sustained

5/07/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

8/07/2002

Conference Note of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected

8/07/2002

Conference Note of David Pringle

Sustained

8/07/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning (4:45)

Rejected

18/07/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected

19/07/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

22/07/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected

25/07/2002

Filenote of David Pringle

Sustained

6/08/02

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

7/8/02

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

11/02/2003

Filenote of David Pringle

Sustained

17/02/2003

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

20/02/2003

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

24/02/2003

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

28/02/2003

Filenote of David Pringle

Sustained

28/02/2003

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

11/04/2003

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

14/04/2003

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected

20/05/2003

Conference Note of David Pringle

Pg 1 Rejected as to part

Pg 2 Sustained

22/05/2003

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Sustained

29/05/2003

Filenote of Chris Horsfall

Sustained

12/06/2003

Filenote of David Pringle

Rejected

1/07/2003

Filenote of Chris Horsfall

Sustained

15/07/2003

Filenote of David Pringle

Sustained

18/07/2003

Filenote of Chris Horsfall

Rejected

18/07/2003

Filenote of David Pringle (3:30)

Rejected

18/07/2003

Filenote of David Pringle (5:05)

Sustained


2.    Privileged documents which arguably fall within category of documents which the court may direct to be disclosed (per Temwell Pty Ltd v DKGR Holdings Pty Ltd [2003] FCA 948)

Date

Description

Ruling on Claim of Privilege

Correspondence

 

9/04/2001

E-mail from Les Goldschlager to David Pringle including draft Report dated 9/04/2001

Rejected

10/04/2001

E-mail from Les Goldschlager to David Pringle including Report dated 10/04/2001

Rejected

10/04/2001

E-mail from Les Goldschlager to David Pringle including Report dated 10/04/2001

Rejected

27/08/2001

Letter from David Pringle to Les Goldschlager including Federal Court guidelines

Rejected

9/10/2001

Letter from David Pringle to Les Goldschlager

Rejected

8/07/2002

Letter from David Pringle to Les Goldschlager including exhibit ‘LG3’ to Goldschlager affidavit (enclosure not included)

Rejected

19/07/2002

Letter from David Pringle to Les Goldschlager (enclosures not included)

Rejected

25/07/2002

Fax from Les Goldschlager to David Pringle

Rejected

31/07/2002

Letter from David Pringle to Les Goldschlager

Rejected

11/02/2003

E-mail from Les Goldschlager to David Pringle

Rejected

17/02/2003

Letter from Andrew Godfred-Spenning to Les Goldschlager including various technical documents and affidavits of Conn, G Farrar (enclosures not included)

Rejected

24/02/2003

Letter from Andrew Godfred-Spenning to Les Goldschlager including MTD300 disk and affidavits of Conn and G Farrar (enclosures not included)

Rejected

25/02/2003

Letter from Andrew Godfred-Spenning to Les Goldschlager including affidavit of P Farrar (enclosure not included)

Rejected

26/02/2003

E-mail from Les Goldschlager to Andrew Godfred-Spenning including draft Report dated 26/02/2003

Rejected

26/02/2003

E-mail from Andrew Godfred-Spenning to Les Goldschlager including Federal Court guidelines

Rejected

3/03/2003

Letter from David Pringle to Les Goldschlager

Rejected

5/03/2003

Letter from Andrew Godfred-Spenning to Les Goldschlager including sworn Goldschlager affidavit (enclosure not included)

Rejected

14/04/2003

Letter from David Pringle to Les Goldschlager including MacGregor affidavit (enclosure not included)

Rejected

22/05/2003

Letter from David Pringle to Les Goldschlager

Rejected

28/05/2003

Letter from David Pringle to Les Goldschlager including disk of software from Dr Steve Roberts (enclosure not included)

Rejected

3/06/2003

Letter from David Pringle to Les Goldschlager

Rejected

12/06/2003

E-mail from Les Goldschlager to David Pringle including salary survey

Rejected

16/06/2003

E-mail from Les Goldschlager to David Pringle including CV in response to e-mail from David Pringle to Les Goldschlager of 13/06/2003

Sustained

17/06/2003

E-mail from Les Goldschlager to David Pringle including draft Report dated 17/06/2003

Rejected

17/06/2003

Letter from David Pringle to Les Goldschlager including sworn Goldschlager affidavit

Rejected

27/06/2003

Letter from David Pringle to Les Goldschlager

Rejected

1/07/2003

E-mail from Les Goldschlager to David Pringle

Rejected

15/07/2003

Letter from David Pringle to Les Goldschlager including various correspondence

Rejected

18/07/2003

E-mail from Les Goldschlager to David Pringle including draft Report dated 18/07/2003

Rejected

22/07/2003

Letter from David Pringle to Les Goldschlager including sworn Goldschlager affidavit

Rejected

Filenotes And Conference Notes

24/07/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected

31/07/2002

Filenote of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected

24/02/2003

Filenote of David Pringle

Rejected





SCHEDULE OF MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS RELEVANT TO THE EXPERT WITNESSES

 

1.    Privileged documents which the Applicant submits ought not be produced to the Respondents


Date

Description

Ruling on Claim for Privilege

Documents Which Relate To More Than One Of The Expert Witnesses (File/Conference Notes)

10/06/2003

Filenote of Chris Horsfall

Sustained

19/06/2001

Filenote of David Pringle

Sustained

19/06/2003

Filenote of David Pringle

Rejected

Redacted Conference Notes

23/11/2001

Conference Note of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected

8/05/2002

Conference Note of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected

21/02/2003

Conference Note of Andrew Godfred-Spenning

Rejected

27/05/2003

Conference Note of Chris Horsfall

Rejected