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Preservation order (o.29 r.2 r.h.c.)
  • 2 Mar 1999

    WILLIAM HENRY OVERHOLT v. MONINA ACAB OVERHOLT

    Citation
    WILLIAM HENRY OVERHOLT v. MONINA ACAB OVERHOLT
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA2624/1997

    There was material non-disclosure in the ex parte application because the 1 March 1997 letter stating the Defendant would conduct a further search (and had made photographs available as she believed) was not disclosed to the judge; the omission was material to the court's balancing exercise. Given the lack of necessity and proportionality, the Anton Piller order was discharged. Although Defendant breached the copying agreement by not delivering all photographs before the raid, she did not retain the still-missing items and Plaintiff's claim for those missing photographs was dismissed; Plainti…