17 Jul 2009
AKAI HOLDINGS LTD (in Compulsory Liquidation) v. ERNST & YOUNG (a Hong Kong firm)
- Citation
- AKAI HOLDINGS LTD (in Compulsory Liquidation) v. ERNST & YOUNG (a Hong Kong firm)
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCL29/2004
At this late pre-trial stage the court refused extensive additional discovery that was irrelevant or oppressive and confined orders to documents reasonably germane to the limitation and pleaded issues up to the agreed critical date (19 November 2002). Specific targeted discovery was ordered (including CCB document list, archive listing and materials relating to the eight pleaded transactions), broad requests for time sheets, third-party funding communications and s.221 affidavits were refused on grounds of oppression or privilege, and disclosure of the US Settlement Agreement was ordered subj…