17 Oct 1989
LEUNG BING CHIU v. K-NGAI ENGINEERING CO AND ANOR
- Citation
- LEUNG BING CHIU v. K-NGAI ENGINEERING CO AND ANOR
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA3618/1989
The court held that the Peruvian Guano formulation of relevance applies to s.42(1) of the Supreme Court Ordinance; documents that may directly or indirectly advance a party's case or lead to a train of enquiry are 'relevant to an issue arising out of that claim.' Accordingly discovery from the Commissioner for Labour of specified categories of inspector notes, reports, witness declarations, equipment lists and notification documents was ordered, subject to an order under s.5(4) Cap.59 authorizing disclosure and to confidentiality undertakings; the Commissioner is to have his costs of making d…