19 Dec 2011
CITIC PACIFIC LTD v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- CITIC PACIFIC LTD v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP767/2010
The court held that on the evidence there was a prima facie case of conspiracy to defraud and offences under s.21 Theft Ordinance such that the crime/fraud exception applies to all seized materials created on or after 7 September 2008, thereby excluding LPP for those items; litigation privilege was not available because litigation was not reasonably in prospect and the dominant purpose test failed; legal advice privilege is confined to confidential communications between the legal advisers and the designated client (the Group Legal Department) and is lost where documents originate from or are…