A subpoena requiring the production of documents had been served.
Held: A witness ought not to be required to comply with a letter of request if it appeared to the court ‘that the request is irrelevant, or fishing, or speculative, or oppressive’.
Judges:
Lord Denning MR
Citations:
[1976] QB 23
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – In re State of Norway’s Application (No 1) CA 1987
There were taxation proceedings in Norway. One question was whether the Norwegian taxpayer controlled a trust which owned some shares. Letters rogatory issued by the Norwegian Court requested the oral examination of two witnesses in the United . .
Cited – First American Corporation and others v Sheik Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan and Others CA 12-May-1998
Letters of Request had been received for the production of document to be used in litigation in the US. It was complained that they were drafted so widely as to amount to a fishing expedition.
Held: ‘an English court must look at the issue of . .
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Litigation Practice
Updated: 25 November 2022; Ref: scu.188697