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Disclosure and use of disclosed documents
  • 26 Mar 1999

    ARMCO INC. AND OTHERS v. NPV LTD. AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    ARMCO INC. AND OTHERS v. NPV LTD. AND ANOTHER
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA13168/1998

    The court held that the Second Defendant was not entitled to have the NPV-Nevis Order set aside for lack of service because service requirements are satisfied by serving the parties/non-parties who gave discovery and the Second Defendant had not shown locus to oppose; the Plaintiffs were granted leave to use disclosed documents in specified US proceedings as necessary to trace assets and potentially assist US courts on jurisdiction, discovery against non-party NPV-BVI was lawful under s.21 Evidence Ordinance and the court's inherent jurisdiction on the affidavit evidence, and the NPV-Nevis Or…