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Hong Kong Case Law

Gagging order / confidentiality order
  • 11 Aug 2022

    A v. B

    Citation
    [2022] HKDC 833
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCMP1953/2022

    The court found the plaintiff had produced cogent and compelling evidence of serious wrongful activity and that narrowly tailored disclosure (name, company number if applicable, address of the account holder) would very likely yield substantial benefit by identifying the correct defendant for proceedings; balancing the competing interests, and given the defendant’s neutral stance and lack of evidence of instructions from the account holder, the court exercised its discretion to grant a revised Norwich Pharmacal order and a time‑limited gagging order (60 days) despite the plaintiff not having…