Carlton Cranes Ltd v Consolidated Hotels Ltd - [1988] 2 NZLR 555

Practice and procedure — Discovery, production and inspection — Legal professional privilege — Plaintiff sought production of reports made by insurer to defendant within a few days after an accident and defendant claimed litigation privilege — Whether litigation was reasonably apprehended when documents came into existence — Whether the dominant purpose of the documents was to enable legal adviser to conduct or advise regarding litigation — Whether the documents were privileged.