17 Oct 2006
MODERN OFFICE TECHNOLOGY LTD v. NEW WORLD TMT LTD
- Citation
- MODERN OFFICE TECHNOLOGY LTD v. NEW WORLD TMT LTD
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV293/2006
The Court of Appeal held Hong Kong had jurisdiction under s75/76 to give effect to the California letter of request; the request sought evidence for trial not impermissible pre-trial discovery; the foreign trial judge's certification of relevance should be accepted except in the clearest cases; the document descriptions were sufficiently specific though the order should be limited to the single HSBC account identified (4593340706838); bank confidentiality did not outweigh the public interest in assisting the Californian court; alleged non-disclosure in the ex parte application was not materia…