Discovery
3 cases · July 2025 to April 2026
Case Volume by Year
2 25
1 26
2025–2026
Key Issues & Sub-Topics
Application for disclosure of specific documents under Order 24 of the Rules of Court 2012 — Fishing Expedition — A prohibited speculative exercise designed to trawl for evidence rather than obtain identified documents — Specificity vs. Fishing: Whether the discovery application was sufficiently precise or if it constituted an impermissible "fishing expedition" due to the use of broad language. 1 Joint venture agreement not in defendant’s possession — Payments made on behalf of third party — Representation at meetings — Whether documents necessary to resolve central issue of ownership — Application dismissed. 1 incumbent upon the 1st and 2nd Defendants to satisfy the court that all the conditions for the discovery have been met — documents sought for discovery must be clearly and specifically identified to ensure fairness in the discovery process — by having the Documents described in general terms shows that the 1st and 2nd Defendants are pursuing a broad, sweeping and "catch-all" order against Northport — this approach if it is permitted would set a dangerous precedent by lowering the established threshold for discovery application and allowing parties to pursue vague and unfounded requests under the pretext of unfamiliarity would undermine the safeguards designed to prevent fishing expeditions in a discovery application — the failure to identify the Documents with sufficient specificity would render this application as a fishing expedition which the courts have repeatedly and consistently disapproved of and held it to be impermissible — the 1st and 2nd Defendants must not use this application to trawl the insufficiently identified documents with the hope of finding something relevant or useful to bolster their case. 1
Application for disclosure of specific documents under Order 24 of the Rules of Court 2012 — Fishing Expedition — A prohibited speculative exercise designed to trawl for evidence rather than obtain identified documents — Specificity vs. Fishing: Whether the discovery application was sufficiently precise or if it constituted an impermissible "fishing expedition" due to the use of broad language. 1 case
Joint venture agreement not in defendant’s possession — Payments made on behalf of third party — Representation at meetings — Whether documents necessary to resolve central issue of ownership — Application dismissed. 1 case
incumbent upon the 1st and 2nd Defendants to satisfy the court that all the conditions for the discovery have been met — documents sought for discovery must be clearly and specifically identified to ensure fairness in the discovery process — by having the Documents described in general terms shows that the 1st and 2nd Defendants are pursuing a broad, sweeping and "catch-all" order against Northport — this approach if it is permitted would set a dangerous precedent by lowering the established threshold for discovery application and allowing parties to pursue vague and unfounded requests under the pretext of unfamiliarity would undermine the safeguards designed to prevent fishing expeditions in a discovery application — the failure to identify the Documents with sufficient specificity would render this application as a fishing expedition which the courts have repeatedly and consistently disapproved of and held it to be impermissible — the 1st and 2nd Defendants must not use this application to trawl the insufficiently identified documents with the hope of finding something relevant or useful to bolster their case. 1 case
Key Statutes
Rules of Court 2012
cited in 2 cases Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)
cited in 1 case Court Distribution
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Cases
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MYHC
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MYHC
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10 July 2025
MYHC