Non Party Discovery in UK Law
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Rio Tinto Zinc Corporation v Westinghouse Electric Corporation; Re Westinghouse Electric Corporation Uranium Contract Litigation M.D.L. Docket No. 235 (No. 1) and (No. 2)
... ... give wide powers, wider than exist in England, of pre-trial discovery against persons not parties to a suit. (The R.T.Z. companies are not ... merely to obtaining a disclosure of documents from the other party to the suit, but there is a procedure � which allows interrogation ... ...
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Norwich Pharmacal Company v Commissioners of Customs and Excise
... ... the Appellants now seek to get from the Respondents by way of discovery the names of those who are shewn in their records to have imported ... The chief occasion for its being ordered was to assist a party in an existing litigation. But this was extended at an early date to ... ...
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Science Research Council v Nassé ; Leyland Cars Ltd v Vyas
... ... Act 1975 or the Race Relations Act 1976, may obtain discovery and inspection of documents, and, in particular, whether she or he is ... the parties wishes to inspect have come into the hands of the other party in confidence. It has long been established, however, that no documents ... ...
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R v Howell (Errol) (pet dis)
... ... 2 What this case is about is an aspect of the law of discovery of documents in civil actions in the High Court. The practice of ... that may, either directly or indirectly, enable that other party either to advance his own cause or to damage the case of his adversary or ... ...
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Three Rivers District Council v Governor and Company of the Bank of England (No. 3)
... ... This order was made on 19 July 1995 at a stage when discovery had not yet taken place. The judge directed that the questions should be ... 123 In the courts below neither party asked for a preliminary reference under article 234 E.C. (ex article ... ...
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Three Rivers District Council and Others v Governor and Company of the Bank of England (No. 9)
... ... emanating from or prepared by third parties or employees of a party are covered by the principle of "litigation privilege" if prepared with ... his professional advisers, is competent to the party seeking the discovery; for such communications are not necessary to the conduct of judicial ... ...
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AJ Bekhor & Company Ltd v Bilton
... ... raised by this appeal is whether and to what extent an order for discovery can be made in relation to matters which relate, not to the issues in the ... of the court to grant an interlocutory injunction restraining a party to any proceedings from removing from the jurisdiction of the High Court ... ...
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South Carolina Insurance Company v Assurantie Maatschappij ‘De Zeven Provincien’South Carolina Insurance Company v Assurantie Maatschappij N.v
... ... the action before the English court, should give him pre-trial discovery of documents relevant to the issues in that action. In those ... Litigation is expensive enough as it is, and if a party fighting a case in this country has to face the prospect of fighting ... ...
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Rush & Tompkins Ltd v Greater London Council
... ... 3 This appeal raises a novel point on the right to discovery of documents. It arises out of a dispute under a building contract in the ... saying that admissions made to reach settlement with a different party within the same litigation are also inadmissible whether or not settlement ... ...
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D. (Married Woman) (Respondent) v National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (Appellants)
... ... this is an interlocutory appeal upon a summons relating to the discovery of documents by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to ... to as the narrow submission, a broad submission that wherever a party to legal proceedings claims that there is a public interest to be served ... ...
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