On 20 June, Justice Kenny of the Federal Court granted AWB an injunction against Commissioner Cole "from issuing any further notice under s.2(3A) or any notice under s.6AA(3) of the Royal Commissions Act 1902 (Cth) (as amended by the Royal Commissions Amendments Act 2006 (Cth)) to the Applicant, its officers, employees or former officers or employees to produce documents other than notices that expressly do not require production of documents for which the Applicant claims legal professional privilege."
AWB's claim for legal professional privilege over about 1200 documents held by the Commission will be heard on 17 July. In the meantime the Commissioner cannot exercise his new powers in the Royal Commissions Act.
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