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Topic

Collateral use

Legal area

Court

24 Dec 1998

CAC BRAKE CO. LTD. ZHUHAI v. LIANG JIN WEN AND OTHERS

Citation

CAC BRAKE CO. LTD. ZHUHAI v. LIANG JIN WEN AND OTHERS
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA4666/1997

The court granted leave to release the specified documents because there was insufficient evidence that the documents had already been disclosed to the Police or Prosecuting Counsel and, applying Laddie J.'s Cobra Golf criteria, it was proper in the public interest to permit disclosure to the Secretary for Justice to assist criminal proceedings while leaving admissibility and prejudice issues to the trial judge.
24 Dec 1998

CAC BRAKE CO. LTD. ZHUHAI v. BENE MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. AND OTHERS

Citation

CAC BRAKE CO. LTD. ZHUHAI v. BENE MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. AND OTHERS
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA3041/1998

The court granted leave releasing the plaintiff from its undertakings because there was insufficient evidence that the police or prosecuting counsel already possessed the documents, the Laddie criteria for permitting collateral use were satisfied, and any issues of admissibility or prejudice in the criminal proceedings are matters for the District Court; accordingly disclosure to the Department/Secretary for Justice was authorized and costs were awarded to the plaintiff.