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  • 19 Jan 2024

    WENDA CO LTD v. DBS BANK (HONG KONG) LTD

    Citation
    [2024] HKCFI 285
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP2419/2023

    The court granted the Norwich Pharmacal disclosure against DBS in the terms of the revised marked-up draft order (requiring production of Effs DBS account statements from 7 October 2013 to date as per the Butcher Order), having found the plaintiff had exhausted other remedies and that DBS' retention concerns were addressed; the court ordered costs of the bank to be payable on an indemnity basis.

  • 11 Sept 2008

    PO HIO CHUA v. HANG SENG BANK LTD

    Citation
    PO HIO CHUA v. HANG SENG BANK LTD
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCCL14/2007

    Because the plaintiff admitted ordinary residence outside Hong Kong and the merits did not establish that security should be refused, and because no evidence of impecuniosity was before the court, the discretion was exercised to order security for costs of HK$500,000 payable into court within 21 days, failing which proceedings are stayed; costs of the application were awarded to the defendant.

  • 16 Apr 2008

    DEACONS v. KEVIN RICHARD BOWERS

    Citation
    DEACONS v. KEVIN RICHARD BOWERS
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCCJ3046/2007

    The court ordered specific, narrowly tailored discovery only where documents were prima facie relevant and existed or where clarification of non-existence was required; it required Deacons to file clarifying affidavits regarding handwriting notes and steps taken to retrieve emails and ordered production of underlying invoices/receipts shown to be inaccurately reflected in disclosed printouts; several broad requests were dismissed as irrelevant or answered satisfactorily by evidence of non-existence; the Defendant was ordered to provide certain particulars of his defence within a fixed time; c…

  • 2 Jan 2007

    DAH SING BANK LTD v. SING FAI HANDBAGS MANUFACTORY LTD AND OTHERS

    Citation
    DAH SING BANK LTD v. SING FAI HANDBAGS MANUFACTORY LTD AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP1250/2003

    Discovery was limited to seven years because the plaintiff retains documents for seven years and could not practicably comply with a ten year request; the costs of and occasioned by this discovery application were ordered to be the plaintiff's costs in the cause, thereby protecting the plaintiff from having to pay the defendants' costs of the application even if the plaintiff ultimately loses; issues as to photocopying charges are to be determined on taxation.