Read the full judgment text of FCMC 6202/2012 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 3 January 2014 before HH Judge Bruno Chan.
Matrimonial proceedings – Specific discovery – Financial disclosure – District Court – Application by Wife for discovery of Husband’s business documents – Husband’s main business JHL – Wife alleges discrepancies between audited accounts and sales control forms – Court applies principles from B v B and LKW v DD – Court holds discovery must be necessary and proportional – Requests for personal bank account transactions refused as already disclosed – Request for extensive JHL documents refused as insufficient evidence to go behind company accounts at FDR stage – Clarification on turnover figures ordered – Request for JLL SARL documents granted upon receipt – Costs in the cause.
Legal issues: Specific discovery of personal bank accounts · Specific discovery of JHL company documents · Discovery of JLL SARL documents · Costs
Outcome: Application for specific discovery largely refused; clarification on JHL turnover ordered; JLL SARL documents ordered upon receipt; costs in the cause.
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