1 Sept 2025
KITAHARA HONG KONG CO, LTD v. CHENG KAM WAH GRACE (鄭金華) (ALSO KNOWN AS CHENG GRACE OR 鄭詠騰)
- Citation
- [2025] HKDC 1483
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ139/2022
Applying the Peruvian Guano test and balancing proportionality, relevance and prejudice, the court ordered narrowed specific discovery for both parties because the requested bank statements and specified accounting documents were reasonably likely to lead to admissible evidence and were not impermissibly wide once narrowed; discovery requests relating to an unrelated Suzhou entity were refused. On security for costs, despite delay, the defendant established sufficient grounds given the plaintiff’s foreign management and financial position but the originally claimed quantum was excessive; a br…