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Particularity vs discovery
  • 20 Oct 2009

    SMSE v. KL

    Citation
    SMSE v. KL
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACV111/2009

    The Court held that the subpoenaed documents were, on the evidence and for the purposes of the ancillary relief proceedings, necessary to determine the nature and extent of alleged family gifts/secret commissions and to enable accurate assessment of potential US tax liabilities; the classes of documents specified were sufficiently particularized and did not amount to disguised discovery; redaction of irrelevant/confidential material is permissible but must be justified and supervised; accordingly the Court dismissed the appeal except that paragraph 2(c) of the Order was deleted and made an or…