ACL Netherlands BV (As Successor to Autonomy Crop Ltd) v Lynch

Chancery Court, [2019] EWHC 249 (Ch), Mr Justice Hildyard, 23–24 January; 12 February 2019

Civil Procedure - Disclosure - Witness statements - Collateral use - Compulsion - Public interest - Use in foreign proceedings - Comity - CPR 31.22 - CPR 32.12.

This judgment contains a clear and comprehensive analysis of the approach the court should take when considering an application for collateral use of documents disclosed and/or witness statements served before they have been referred to at a public hearing.