Courts around the world have, in recent years, spent much time and effort in trying to solve the problem of the privilege against self‐incrimination in civil proceedings. In Reid v Howard , the High Court decided that, in Australia at least, this was time and effort wasted and that only...

In a recent article, Dr John Breslin discussed European developments concerning the privilege against self‐incrimination (‘the privilege’). His comments related primarily to the Saunders case and since then, in December 1996, the European Court of Human Rights has confirmed the European...