15 Feb 2019
GLOBAL GAMING PHILIPPINES LLC v. DEUTSCHE BANK AG, HONG KONG BRANCH
- Citation
- [2019] HKCFI 405
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCL1/2017
The summons was dismissed: the court exercised its discretion under s42 HCO and Order 24 and held that (1) the documents are likely in the Philippines and compelling a foreign non‑party to produce documents abroad would encroach on Philippine sovereignty absent exceptional urgency; (2) Classes 1–2 (communications with DB) ought to be obtained from the defendant DBHK within the proceedings and therefore third‑party discovery is unnecessary; (3) Classes 3–4 are irrelevant to the discrete issue of whether Mr Razon instructed DBHK and amount to a fishing expedition; applying Peruvian Guano releva…