Mudgway v New Zealand Insurance Co Ltd - [1988] 2 NZLR 283

Practice and procedure — Discovery, production and inspection — Legal professional privilege — Communications between assessor, insurer and its solicitor concerning suspected arson — Whether assessor was agent of insurer — Whether waiver of privilege in respect of a document extends to annexures and to other documents referred to therein — Whether dominant purpose of documents was to obtain legal advice regarding anticipated litigation — Whether documents were privileged from inspection by the opposite party.