Melco wins fight to keep documents secret in Crown Resorts probe

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Hong Kong casino giant Melco Resorts has won a battle to keep legally privileged documents secret from a public inquiry that is probing its purchase of a 20 per cent stake in Crown Resorts from James Packer

, Melco took the regulator to the NSW Supreme Court last week to challenge its right to demand nine documents covered by legal privilege.

The case hinged on how a section of the Royal Commission Act, relating to witnesses not being able to use legal privilege to excuse themselves from giving evidence or producing documents, applied in the Casino Control Act. Justice Adamson ruled that the court "ought not be left to guess" about what powers were intended to be given to a commissioner appointed to run an ILGA inquiry."If parliament intended that ... it was obliged to make its intention clear," she said. But instead, the wording of the casino legislation meant there was "substantial risk that the full implications" of the law would go unnoticed as it passed through Parliament.

An ILGA spokesman said the authority was "considering today’s court judgment and how it may impact the running of the inquiry".

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