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  • 8 Mar 2016

    COMMISSIONER OF POLICE v. I-CABLE COMMUNICATIONS LTD

    Citation
    COMMISSIONER OF POLICE v. I-CABLE COMMUNICATIONS LTD
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP119/2016

    The applications for production orders were dismissed because the applicant failed to satisfy section 84(3)(a)(iii) that the requested unedited recordings were of substantial value to the investigations or relevant evidence for the offences (and the scope was overbroad), other methods to obtain material existed or police footage was available, and because identity/personal particulars of makers do not constitute "journalistic material" under section 82; public interest balancing weighed against making orders, particularly where material was already in the public domain and offers to attest to…