Kuwait Airways Corp v Iraqi Airways Co: 16 Feb 2005

The claimants sought an order requiring disclosure by the defendants of the documents in their list of documents which they said had the benefit of litigation privilege.
Held: A fraud had been alleged which had been used by the defendants in earlier court proceedings. In such a case litigation privilege might be set aside. Discovery was ordered.

Judges:

David Steel J

Citations:

Unreported, 16 February 2005

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

See AlsoKuwait Airways Corp v Iraqi Airways Company ComC 12-Nov-2004
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Cited by:

Appeal fromKuwait Airways Corporation v Iraqi Airways Company (No 6) CA 16-Mar-2005
The defendant company appealed against an order allowing inspection of documents for which litigation privilege had been claimed. It was said that the defendants had been involved in perjury in previous proceedings between the parties.
Held: . .
See AlsoKuwait Airways Corp v Iraqi Airways Company ComC 12-Nov-2004
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See AlsoKuwait Airways Corp v Iraqi Airways Company ComC 24-Jan-2003
The court found that the defendant had brought false evidence and forged documents to seek to persuade the English court that it had state immunity, and had been partially successful, but that on the true facts it was not immune from the . .
See AlsoKuwait Airways Corporation v Iraqi Airways Company ComC 31-Jul-2002
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