20 Feb 2009
ANTHONY JAMES HATTON v. DOROTHY JANE FURNESS AND OTHERS
- Citation
- ANTHONY JAMES HATTON v. DOROTHY JANE FURNESS AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP845/2007
Material non-disclosure was established because the ex parte materials failed to adequately disclose (a) that significant repayments had been made and the plaintiffs' position regarding closure of the misappropriation issue and (b) that the Anton Piller order as drafted swept up an extensive list of unrelated 'Group Companies' and cash takings for which the defendant had no responsibility; those omissions made the order overbroad and disproportionate. The court therefore exercised its discretion to discharge the Anton Piller order and to dismiss the inspection summons, while noting that seize…