Panayiotou v Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd Panayiotou v Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd Panayiotou and others v Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. ([1994] ChD 142) was a contract and entertainment law case before the High Court of Justice's Chancery Division. The plaintiff, entertainer George Michael, argued that his recording contract constituted an unreasonable restraint of trade. Michael alleged that the defendant had failed to promote his album "Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1" with due vigour as punishment when the artist decided to downplay his status as a sex symbol. Michael described his situation as "professional slavery" because his contract required that he produce music and cede
Legal professional privilege in Australia rather than the lawyer's client. Legal professional privilege in Australia developed from the English common law privilege. The rationale for legal professional privilege in an Australian context has been explained in the following ways: Michael Kirby has described legal professional privilege as an "important human right deserving of special protection for that reason". The Australian Law Reform Commission has adopted the terminology 'client legal privilege', as opposed to 'legal professional privilege', on the basis the privilege is held by the client not the lawyer. 'Client legal privilege' is the terminology used in Commonwealth and state evidence statutes. However, the common