The defendant company resisted disclosure of documents saying that they had been supplied by the Financial Services Authority in confidence, and that to disclose them would be an offence.
Held: The information had already in principle been known to the defendants before the FSA investigation, and were not protected from disclosure.
Judges:
David Richards J
Citations:
Times 23-Jan-2007, [2006] EWHC 3249 (Ch)
Links:
Statutes:
Civil Procedure Rules 31.19(5), Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 348
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Appeal from – Real Estate Opportunities Ltd v Aberdeen Asset Managers Jersey Ltd and others CA 9-Mar-2007
The defendants had declined to produce documents saying that they had been obtained under conditions of confidence from the Financial Services Authority. The claimants said that the documents were not protected since the defendant already had the . .
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Updated: 04 July 2022; Ref: scu.247405
