13 Sept 1978
MUTUAL UNDERWRITERS LTD AND OTHERS v. YU KAM-CHUNG
- Citation
- MUTUAL UNDERWRITERS LTD AND OTHERS v. YU KAM-CHUNG
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV19/1978
A notice of accident is not ipso facto privileged; a non-party insurer must demonstrate privilege on its own rights; documents and correspondence created for the purpose of ascertaining factual details of an accident (as opposed to obtaining legal advice) are prima facie relevant and must be disclosed to the extent they were not prepared for legal advice; therefore the appellants' appeal is dismissed and the respondent's cross-appeal allowing disclosure of the notice and relevant correspondence is allowed.