28 May 2007
EMBROIDERY SPECIALISTS (2005) LTD V EMBROIDERY SPECIALISTS WELLINGTON (1991) LIMITED AND ORS HC WN CIV-2005-485-1071
- Citation
- openlaw-e6755a42_afed_4b49_88e2_e5b22208d8a7.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The court held that (1) the plaintiff must discover its accountant's working papers and correspondence relating to annual and tax accounts and GST and tax returns as those documents are relevant under the Peruvian Guano test; (2) the plaintiff must discover communications with customers and potential customers, including quotations that did not result in orders, as relevant to the asserted loss of turnover and restraint of trade allegations; (3) inspection of those discovered documents is to be limited to solicitors, counsel and the first to third defendants' expert accounting witnesses only,…