20 Oct 2008
PCCW - HKT TELEPHONE LTD AND ANOTHER v. DAVID MATTHEW MCDONALD AITKEN AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- PCCW - HKT TELEPHONE LTD AND ANOTHER v. DAVID MATTHEW MCDONALD AITKEN AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV194/2008
By majority the court refused leave to the Court of Final Appeal because the plaintiff's broad proposition extending legal professional privilege to any person was, in the majority's view, not a suitable interlocutory question of sufficient general or public importance, was fact-sensitive and possibly unarguable, and the plaintiff had not identified privileged or confidential information with sufficient specificity; the court exercised its discretion to refuse leave and noted trial would better determine factual issues.