19 Dec 2019
POON LOI TAK the Administrator of the late POON NUEN Deceased v. POON LOI CHEUNG DESMOND
- Citation
- [2019] HKCFI 3003
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA3348/2016
On the facts and objectively viewed, the telephone calls, the 17 October and 31 October meetings, subsequent WhatsApp communications, the draft settlement agreement and the 5 December meeting were bona fide attempts to settle an existing dispute and attracted without prejudice privilege; the plaintiff failed to establish unambiguous impropriety or perjury to displace the privilege; accordingly the specified paragraphs and documents are inadmissible and are to be excluded/expunged, with consequential costs and directions as ordered.