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Inspection of electronic evidence
  • 23 Oct 2006

    TAI FOOK FUTURES LTD v. CHEUNG MOON HOI JEFF

    Citation
    TAI FOOK FUTURES LTD v. CHEUNG MOON HOI JEFF
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACV103/2005

    The appeal is dismissed except that the defendant may amend his summons to seek specific discovery under Order 24 r7(1) by way of a director's affirmation stating whether the Reuters Index Futures trade recap fax said to have been sent on 29 April 1999 was or had been in the plaintiff's possession and, if not, when it parted with it and what became of it; absent evidence of tampering the request for vendor/make/model and inspection of the plaintiff's original audio files was a fishing expedition and properly refused