10 Dec 1992
JIM BEAM BRANDS CO. v. KENTUCKY IMPORTERS PTY LTD. AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- JIM BEAM BRANDS CO. v. KENTUCKY IMPORTERS PTY LTD. AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP3449/1992
The court refused to set aside the master's orders. Blanket claims of legal professional privilege and confidentiality were rejected; privilege must be asserted to particular questions/documents and ruled on at examination with the ultimate determination by the requesting court. The letters rogatory sought evidence relevant to issues before the US court and did not amount to an impermissible fishing expedition. Document production orders comply with the requirement to specify particular documents except for certain overbroad wording, which the court deleted; accordingly the master's orders we…