16 Nov 2017
DAIMLER AG (FORMERLY KNOWN AS MERCEDES-BENZ AG) v. HELGE HERBERT LEIDUCK, APPOINTED BY ORDER TO REPRESENT THE ESTATE OF HERBERT HEINZ HORST LEIDUCK, DECEASED
- Citation
- DAIMLER AG (FORMERLY KNOWN AS MERCEDES-BENZ AG) v. HELGE HERBERT LEIDUCK, APPOINTED BY ORDER TO REPRESENT THE ESTATE OF HERBERT HEINZ HORST LEIDUCK, DECEASED
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA4089/1994
Leave to substitute Mr Klenke with Mr Durasov is granted subject to the defendants providing security by payment into court for costs occasioned by the change because (1) Mr Klenke's reports were materially inadequate and could not be remedied by supplementation; (2) Mr Durasov advances distinct, relevant primary-material evidence and first-hand expertise on registration and numbering practices in Russia in 1993-94 that may materially assist a just resolution; and (3) any prejudice to the plaintiff can be compensated by costs and procedural directions and does not warrant refusal.