Jersey Case Law

Holmes v Lingard and Ors

Holmes v Lingard and Ors [2018] JRC 184 (03 October 2018)

The Master refused the plaintiff’s application for further information and documents, finding it sought evidence rather than clarification and was premature.

• Discovery
• Further information
• Pre-action disclosure
• Evidence
• Civil-procedure
• Further-information

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Holmes v Lingard and Ors

The Royal Court refused the plaintiff’s application for further information, holding Rule 6/15 could not be used to obtain specific evidence or pre-action discovery.

• Further information
• Specific discovery
• Pre-action discovery
• Business records
• Civil evidence (jersey) law 2003
• Civil-procedure

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CMC Holdings Limited and CMC Motors Group Limited v Martin Henry Forster and RBC Trust Company (International) Limited and The Regent Trust Company Limited; and between RBC Trust Company (International) Limited and The Regent Trust Company Limited v Martin Henry Forster and Jeremiah Kiereini and Charles Mugane Njonjo and the estate of Jack Mordejay Benzimra and the estate of Prahlad Kalyani Jani; and between Martin Henry Forster v RBC Trust Company (International) Limited and The Regent Trust Company Limited

The Master gave staged discovery directions in a complex companies dispute, prioritising disclosure, deferring pleadings amendments, and tying further steps to discovery progress.

• Discovery
• Case management
• Interlocutory appeal
• Pleadings
• Further information
• Case-management

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