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Hong Kong Case Law

Order 24 rules 7 and 8
  • 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…