Client Legal Privilege in Federal Investigatory Bodies (DP 73)
DP 73 was released on 26 September 2007, the second consultation document in this inquiry. View DP 73 in HTML on the AustLII website.
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Read moreALRC addresses costly disputes over client legal privilege
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) today released a Discussion Paper, Client Legal Privilege and Federal Investigatory Bodies (DP 73), containing 42 proposals aimed ataddressing lengthy and costly disputes over client legal privilege in federal investigations. ALRC President, Professor David Weisbrot, said that the ALRC recognised the need for a clear and consistent approach to …
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Read moreClient Legal Privilege in Federal Investigatory Bodies (IP 33)
To encourage public participation in the Inquiry the ALRC released IP 33, the first of two consultation papers—an Issues Paper on 23 April 2007. View IP 33 in HTML on the AustLII website
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Read moreLawyer–client relationships put under ALRC microscope
Thursday, 30 November 2006: The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) says its new review of legal professional privilege could have a major impact on the way clients and lawyers will interact in future. The ALRC inquiry will concentrate on the application of legal professional privilege to the coercive information gathering powers of Commonwealth bodies—such as …
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Read moreClient legal privilege in federal investigations
In this Inquiry, the ALRC examined the application of client legal privilege (also known as legal professional privilege) within the context of federal investigations.The Inquiry was announced as part of the Australian Government’s response to the Royal Commission that investigated the conduct of the Australian Wheat Board in relation to the United Nations ‘Oil for …
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Read moreUniform Evidence Law (ALRC Report 102)
The Final Report, Uniform Evidence Law (ALRC Report 102), completed jointly by the ALRC, NSWLRC was tabled in the Commonwealth and Victorian parliaments and released in NSW on 8 February 2006.The primary objectives of this inquiry were twofold: to identify and address any defects in the uniform Evidence Acts; and to maintain and further the …
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Read moreComplexity, courtroom games must go in evidence shake-up
Wednesday, 8 February 2006: Australia must have a single set of streamlined, flexible evidence laws that will protect witnesses as well as parties, recognise the importance of confidential relationships, and curb legal ‘games’ in the courtroom, Australia’s peak law reform agency said today. “It is crazy that we currently have so many different evidence law …
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Read moreUniform Evidence Law
In July 2004, the Attorney-General of Australia asked the ALRC to examine the operation of the Evidence Act 1995 (Cth).The legislation is based on a uniform Evidence Act scheme, which was the product of a previous ALRC inquiry. At the time of the commencement of this latest Evidence inquiry, the Commonwealth, New South Wales, Tasmania, …
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Read moreReview of the Uniform Evidence Acts (DP 69)
DP 69 (released July 2005) is the second of two consultation papers produced during this inquiry.View DP 69 in HTML at the AustLII website.
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Read moreMomentum growing for national evidence law
Monday, 4 July 2005: Almost 20 years since the Australian Law Reform Commission first warned that Australia ’s jumble of evidence laws needed urgent overhaul, momentum is finally gathering to finish the job, with the ALRC joining with law reformers from almost every state and territory in an unprecedented review of evidence legislation. “Evidence law …
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