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The court ordered each party to bear its own costs of a discovery summons, finding no fair basis to apportion costs after withdrawn, narrowed and contested requests.
The court dismissed a summons for further and better particulars and refused an extension of time, holding the requests were immaterial, evidence-seeking, and fishing.
Interlocutory winding-up ruling allowing a limited petition amendment, striking out several unpleaded or irrelevant passages, and setting consequential directions and costs.
Appeal allowed: former provisional liquidators could not charge the estate for time spent pursuing their own remuneration and discovery compliance.
The Court of Appeal dismissed most leave and evidence applications in a probate discovery dispute, granting only narrow leave on one privilege issue.
The District Court dismissed an out-of-time leave application to appeal a discovery decision, finding no satisfactory reason for delay and no arguable merit in the intended appeal.
The court partly allowed a discovery summons in an inquiry as to damages, refusing some requests as irrelevant and allowing narrower discovery on two issues.
The Court of Appeal upheld disclosure of cooperation communications and affirmed the Tribunal’s adjournment of penalty determination in a Kam Kwong settlement context.
The Court of First Instance ordered the plaintiff to pay the 4th defendant’s costs of a withdrawn discovery summons for police statements referred to in witness statements.
The Court of Final Appeal held that a Hong Kong court may issue a letter of request to obtain Mainland approval for production of discovery documents, and dismissed the appeal.
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