18 May 1998
PIERRE A. NOBS AND ANOTHER v. KANTEC ELECTRONICS CO. LTD
- Citation
- PIERRE A. NOBS AND ANOTHER v. KANTEC ELECTRONICS CO. LTD
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA6051/1998
The Anton Piller order was discharged because the plaintiffs failed to satisfy the required pre‑conditions: they did not establish a strong prima facie case of defendant knowledge or dishonest conduct, they did not prove the damage was very serious in Hong Kong, and there was no clear evidence the defendant possessed incriminating documents or would destroy them; non‑disclosure by plaintiffs was not sufficiently serious to sustain the order or to preclude use of seized material automatically.