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  • 23 Apr 2020

    THE JOINT AND SEVERAL LIQUIDATORS OF DAYS IMPEX LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) v. MAHESH NANIK DAYARAM

    Citation
    [2020] HKCFI 549
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCCW298/2011

    The court granted discovery limited to specific, precisely defined classes where the applicant established relevance and potential possession (banking documents and communications with former clients/vendors) and refused broad or speculative categories (fraud insurance communications, indiscriminate seizure inspection, carpark sale proceeds, general recovery documents) because the applicant failed to make the requisite prima facie case or the Liquidators swore non-possession; the court exercised its discretion to permit limited discovery and ordered follow-up procedural steps and a costs nisi…