Harbour Inn Seafoods Ltd v Switzerland General Insurance Co Ltd - [1990] 2 NZLR 381

Practice and procedure — Discovery, production and inspection — Legal professional privilege — Waiver of privilege — Disclosure to a non-party — In claim arising out of contract of insurance plaintiff disclosed privileged documents to broker who had arranged policy — Defendant insurer sought discovery of those documents — Whether broker was agent of insurer at that time — Whether plaintiff had waived privilege by disclosing documents to broker — Whether discovery should be ordered — Insurance Law Reform Act 1977, s 10 — High Court Rules, RR 298 and 307.