Equiticorp Industries Group Ltd v Hawkins - [1990] 2 NZLR 175

Practice and procedure — Discovery, production and inspection — Legal professional privilege — Waiver of privilege — Plaintiff's solicitor had prepared a report on the subject-matter of a proceeding between plaintiff and defendant — In opposing a pre-trial application plaintiff referred extensively in affidavits to the solicitor's report — Defendant sought discovery of full report — Whether report was protected by legal professional privilege — Whether privilege had been waived by plaintiff by references to it in affidavits — Whether discovery of full report should be ordered — High Court Rules, R 307.