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Hong Kong Case Law

Discovery vs preservation
  • 17 Jun 1992

    THE "INCHON GLORY"

    Citation
    THE "INCHON GLORY"
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCAJ117/1992

    The ex‑parte order was varied: the court allowed inspection of the vessel and specified navigational documents as relevant and necessary, but discharged the wider paragraphs permitting copying and broad access to documents because plaintiffs had not shown urgency or imminent risk of loss sufficient to justify advance discovery/copying at that stage; plaintiffs failed to prove material cargo damage but did show a good arguable case on indemnity exposure for salvage, justifying limited preservation/inspection but not sweeping document seizure; costs were awarded to defendants for the ex‑parte r…