3 Jun 2003
RE ANSON GARMENT LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- RE ANSON GARMENT LTD AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAL187/2002
The court held the seizures and subsequent review were lawful: s.12(6) authorises seizure of 'things' including files or bundles without requiring exhaustive document‑by‑document examination on premises; supervised review together with US officers for purposes of s.12(8)/12(11) was lawful; the US requests were not outside Cap.525 and applicants lacked locus to rely on treaty restrictions; Secretary for Justice was not required to afford a prior hearing or to disclose the s.12(11) notice before directing sending originals; applications for judicial review were refused and costs awarded to resp…