4 Mar 2010
LEE CHAN CHENG, SOLICITORS & NOTARIES v. YUNG MEI CHUN
- Citation
- LEE CHAN CHENG, SOLICITORS & NOTARIES v. YUNG MEI CHUN
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA4594/2002
The court held the requested documents are relevant to the defendant's counterclaim because they make the existence and extent of a monetary dispute between the plaintiff and the deputy judge more probable; legal professional privilege did not attach because the documents arose from a post‑litigation commercial transaction and were not created for litigation or for legal advice purposes; res judicata did not bar the discovery; accordingly the appeal was allowed and disclosure ordered subject to screening/redaction for any privileged material and ex parte consideration of specific privilege cl…