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Strike-out (o18 r19)
  • 20 May 2016

    K & L GATES v. NAVIN KUMAR AGGARWAL AND OTHERS

    Citation
    K & L GATES v. NAVIN KUMAR AGGARWAL AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA1061/2011

    The strike-out application was dismissed because, on the materials, it was not plain and obvious that the plaintiff's case must fail; the plaintiff's factual matrix (connections, draft agreements, public announcement and banking records showing payments to SIC) could, with cross-examination and inference, support a trial on agency and knowing receipt. Discovery was ordered in part: D2 must disclose filings/submissions to the Macau Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) for 1 March 2005 to 11 December 2010 (with wording narrowed), but broad bank-document and other classes were refuse…