13 Mar 2003
DEACONS (a firm) v. WHITE & CASE LTD LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP AND OTHERS
- Citation
- DEACONS (a firm) v. WHITE & CASE LTD LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA2433/2002
The court applied Order 24 r2(5)(a) and principled relevance analysis: paragraphs 9–16 and 26(9) of the Defence do not raise matters relevant to the plaintiff's pleaded causes of action (breach of the hands‑off agreement, breach of confidentiality, procuring breaches, unlawful interference) and therefore do not justify wider discovery. Allegations that amount to an unpleaded conspiracy cannot be used to broaden discovery. Consequently the plaintiff's application to limit discovery is allowed and most of the 3rd and 4th defendants' discovery requests are refused as irrelevant or oppressive, sa…