22 Dec 2021
LAM SIU SUN DENNIS AND ANOTHER v. CHEUNG TAK MAN DESMOND AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2022] HKCFI 78
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA2413/2018
The plaintiffs, as former partners, retain a substantive right under the Partnership Ordinance to access the firm’s records and are entitled to a preliminary inspection of the 122 cartons held in Crown despite the prior undertaking requiring joint consent because the application is a court case‑management order to facilitate plaintiffs’ discovery obligations rather than an opposing‑party discovery request; the 1st defendant’s objections (fishing, cost, tampering) were insufficient when plaintiffs demonstrated likely relevance and offered undertakings and cost allocation, so the court ordered…