Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Email retention

Legal area

Court

9 Dec 2024

YAN YU YING v. LEUNG WING HEI

Citation

[2024] HKCFI 3524
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA2295/2019

The court refused the letter of request and dismissed leave to appeal because the plaintiff failed to demonstrate that the requested Gmail records were both material/necessary to the interests of justice for resolving the disputed issue and that the records exist and are likely in Google's possession; consequently the intended appeal had no reasonable prospect of success and the discretionary decision was not shown to be plainly wrong.
23 Jul 2024

YAN YU YING v. LEUNG WING HEI

Citation

[2024] HKCFI 1770
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA2295/2019

The application is refused because the plaintiff failed to show the requested emails are necessary in the interests of justice and failed to demonstrate the documents exist and are likely to be in Google’s possession after seven years; the proposed inquiries would likely generate further questions and would not determinatively resolve the authenticity ('blue‑tick') issue.