8 Oct 2013
TAIHAN ELECTRIC WIRE CO LTD AND ANOTHER v. LEE CHI YUEN ARCTIC AND OTHERS
- Citation
- TAIHAN ELECTRIC WIRE CO LTD AND ANOTHER v. LEE CHI YUEN ARCTIC AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA454/2013
The court held that the plaintiffs had deployed the contents of the settlement agreement (including producing a copy at the ex parte stage and relying on its terms in affidavits), thereby waiving privilege to the extent necessary; the settlement agreement is relevant and necessary for the fair disposal of the action (trial) and must be produced at the time for inspection after exchange of lists of documents; however, because the application was made late, production was not ordered for the immediate Mareva injunction hearing. Mr Lau must be given an opportunity to make representations and app…