Ashlyn Nassif, who is a trained lawyer, claims the calls made during an investigation into her father Jean Nassif should fall under the category of legal professional privilege.
Hundreds of Mr Nassif’s calls were intercepted by NSW Police during a 2021 investigation into suspected money laundering at Sydney’s The Star casino, a court was told on Wednesday.
Ms Nassif was an executive at her father’s Toplace development firm, which has been banned from engaging in construction work by NSW Fair Trading after a string of defects in multiple, major apartment projects.
She is facing allegations she submitted falsified documents to trigger a $150 million loan from Westpac for the construction of three apartment towers in the north-western Sydney suburb of Castle Hill.
Magistrate Christopher Halburd said he would allow a NSW Police detective senior constable to be questioned about …