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Hong Kong Case Law

Order 24 rhc

  • 18 Aug 2023

    CHOR JUN WO DAVID formerly known as CHOR KI KWONG DAVID v. KONCI (1989) LTD AND OTHERS

    Citation
    [2023] HKCFI 2127
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA207/2019

    Cheng 4th failed to comply with the 1st Discovery Order because it did not address whether the Konci Parties had at any time possessed documents within the scope of the Order and, if so, when they parted with them and what became of them; given the distribution arrangement and circumstantial evidence that older records once existed, the court was entitled to order further compliance. The conclusiveness principle did not prevent relief because the affidavit omissions and circumstances justified displacing interlocutory conclusiveness; appeal dismissed and compliance order upheld.

  • 15 Aug 2014

    CHINACAST EDUCATION CORPORATION AND OTHERS v. CHAN TZE NGON AND OTHERS

    Citation
    CHINACAST EDUCATION CORPORATION AND OTHERS v. CHAN TZE NGON AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA1062/2012

    The plaintiffs failed to establish a prima facie basis that the defendants' personal email accounts contained relevant, necessary evidence of conspiracy and the proposed orders for wholesale e-disclosure were disproportionate and oppressive; accordingly orders for disclosure of personal emails of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th defendants and the 2nd defendant's accounting documents were dismissed as fishing; however the 4th defendant was ordered to disclose bank statements and vouchers of personal accounts with transactions of $100,000 or above from 1 January 2009 to account closure within 28 days as a…

  • 28 Jun 2011

    TANG HO YUEN v. SO HING KWONG AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    TANG HO YUEN v. SO HING KWONG AND ANOTHER
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCPI318/2010

    Specific discovery was granted in part: the Plaintiff was ordered to file an affirmation about possession of specified documents and to disclose specified documents because the Father\'s, Mother\'s and Brother\'s bank and mortgage documents were relevant and necessary to test pleaded dependency and contribution allegations; the Brother\'s bank documents were ordered for a defined period (two years prior to the accident up to 11 October 2010) and the Father was ordered to disclose the HSB account statements said to be outstanding; requests regarding TKO flat mortgage documents were rejected be…

  • 31 Mar 1999

    SUN YUET TAI LTD. v. BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. (HK) LTD.

    Citation
    SUN YUET TAI LTD. v. BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. (HK) LTD.
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCCL281/1996

    Liberty to apply attached to an Order 24 r.7 discovery order is not confined to mere working out of the original order and, coupled with Order 24 r.7, permits further (rolling) discovery by way of additional verifying affidavits where a supporting affidavit establishes prima facie that additional relevant classes of documents may exist in the defendant's possession, custody or power; a verifying affidavit is conclusive only as to classes it covers; formal requirements may be waived where full argument has been heard and no prejudice is shown.