11 Dec 2009
CONSULTANT ASSOCIATES (HK) LTD v. KINGSFAITH ENGINEERING LTD
- Citation
- CONSULTANT ASSOCIATES (HK) LTD v. KINGSFAITH ENGINEERING LTD
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCMP2153/2009
Pre-action discovery was refused because the plaintiff already had access to relevant documents (the Final Account obtained from New City), the documents were not necessary to enable the plaintiff to advance a meritorious claim, pre-action disclosure was unlikely to avoid litigation or produce significant cost savings, and the implied undertaking principle did not prevent use of the Final Account; accordingly disclosure at this stage was not necessary and the application was declined.
- Pre-action discovery
- District court ordinance s.47a
- Order 24 rule 7a and rule 8(2) cap.336h
- Implied undertaking/confidentiality
- Costs