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The court ordered each party to bear its own costs of a discovery summons, finding no fair basis to apportion costs after withdrawn, narrowed and contested requests.
The court granted leave to amend pleadings in an audit negligence claim, holding the new matters were relevant, not plainly out of scope, and not shown to cause amendment-specific prejudice.
The District Court dismissed an out-of-time leave application to appeal a discovery decision, finding no satisfactory reason for delay and no arguable merit in the intended appeal.
The court dismissed the defendants’ last-minute application to file a further list of documents shortly before trial, finding the delay unjustified and prejudicial.
The court dismissed a late application for specific discovery, holding that inordinate delay before trial justified refusal and that relevance should be left for trial.
The Court of First Instance dismissed a late summons for specific discovery, holding the defendant had delayed inordinately and offered no satisfactory explanation.
The Court of First Instance ordered the plaintiff to pay the 4th defendant’s costs of a withdrawn discovery summons for police statements referred to in witness statements.
The Court of First Instance dismissed a summons for leave to appeal, finding no reasonable prospect of success on disclosure, evidence, delay, or breadth of the order.
The court allowed the plaintiff’s appeal against specific discovery of a broad class of documents, finding the defendants failed to show prima facie existence and relevance.
The District Court ordered narrowed specific discovery for both sides and granted security for costs of HK$250,000, reducing the amount sought.
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