19 Oct 2004
EIICHIRO ODA AND OTHERS v. PO FUNG DEVELOPMENT (HK) LTD
- Citation
- EIICHIRO ODA AND OTHERS v. PO FUNG DEVELOPMENT (HK) LTD
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA3358/2001
The court exercised its discretion under Order 38 r 2 and relevant principles of the Evidence Ordinance to require that the four foreign affirmations not be admitted unless the deponents were made available for cross-examination by video-link; cross-examination was necessary because the affirmations addressed crucial contested issues (authority of publishers, scope of licences, matters of foreign law) and could not safely stand untested.