Z v New South Wales Crime Commission

HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIAGLEESON CJ,KIRBY, HAYNE, CALLINAN AND CRENNAN JJZ  APPELLANTANDNEW SOUTH WALES CRIME COMMISSION  RESPONDENTZ v New South Wales Crime Commission [2007] HCA 728 February 2007S229/2006ORDERAppeal dismissed with costs.On appeal from the Supreme Court of New South WalesRepresentationD F Jackson QC with B A Arste for the appellant (instructed by Bolzan & Dimitri)M G Sexton SC, Solicitor-General for the State of New South Wales with P F Singleton and M T England for the respondent (instructed by New South Wales Crime Commission)Notice:  This copy of the Court's Reasons for Judgment is subject to formal revision prior to publication in the Commonwealth Law Reports.CATCHWORDSZ v New South Wales Crime CommissionPractice and procedure – Legal professional privilege – Solicitor summonsed to give evidence before the New South Wales Crime Commission ("the Commission") – Whether the communication of a client's name or the communication of the client's contact details was a privileged communication.Legal practitioners – Solicitor and client – Legal professional privilege –Whether the communication of a client's name or the communication of the client's contact details was a privileged communication.Statutes – Interpretation – New South Wales Crime Commission Act 1985 (NSW) ("the Act") – Section 18B(4) of the Act – Entitlement of legal practitioner appearing as a witness before the Commission to refuse to answer a question if the answer would disclose a privileged communication – Whether disclosing a client's name and address would disclose a privileged communication.Statutes – Interpretation – Section 18B(4) of the Act – Entitlement of legal practitioner...