5 Mar 2001
SEACLIFF LTD. v. DECCA LTD. AND OTHERS
- Citation
- SEACLIFF LTD. v. DECCA LTD. AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP4900/2000
The strike-out application was dismissed because the plaintiff demonstrated a good arguable case that its pre-action discovery application falls within recognised exceptions to the mere witness rule (identification of wrongdoers and tracing of proceeds of fraud) and therefore the high threshold for summary striking out under Order 18 r.19 was not met; the court's inherent jurisdiction to order disclosure remained available and the originating summons was allowed to proceed to hearing.