20 Nov 2008
AKAI HOLDINGS LTD (IN COMPULSORY LIQUIDATION) v. ERNST & YOUNG (A HONG KONG FIRM)
- Citation
- AKAI HOLDINGS LTD (IN COMPULSORY LIQUIDATION) v. ERNST & YOUNG (A HONG KONG FIRM)
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV233/2008
The applications were refused. The court held that where a liquidator fails to demonstrate that examinations under section 221 were conducted for the dominant purpose of litigation, transcripts and notes are not automatically privileged and the court may order their disclosure; the procedural prejudice of delay outweighed speculative risk of misuse.