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  • 26 Feb 2016

    BRUCE JAMES STINSON v. GU MING GAO

    Citation
    BRUCE JAMES STINSON v. GU MING GAO
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA2352/2012

    The appeal is allowed in part: the Defendant's HKJC betting records for seven racing seasons (from 2004/2005 to the date of delivery up of the Mathematical Model as ordered by L Chan J) must be produced because those records exist, are in HKJC's possession, are relevant to liability (not merely quantum) and necessary for expert analysis to fairly dispose of issues; discovery of records of alleged agents (classes 3 and 4, e.g. Leung) is refused because agency was not pleaded and Leung had not been served or given opportunity to be heard, making such discovery inappropriate and outside the cour…