High Court orders discovery of various categories of document in a claim alleging that the defendants were co-conspirators in a scheme intended to divest the plaintiffs of their shares in a company, on the grounds that the categories as sought were relevant and necessary, but were impermissibly wide and consequently reformulated the categories.
Application by plaintiff for discovery against the fourth and fifth named defendants - Application for discovery by fourth and fifth named defendants against the plaintiff - proceedings relate to the plaintiff's claims that the the defendants are co-conspirators in an alleged scheme which is intended wrongfully to divest the plaintiffs of their shares, or the benefit of their shares, in a company for the benefit of the first defendant - documents must be relevant and necessary - agreement reached in relation to certain categories - whether the defendants aggressively sought to implement the scheme to divest the plaintiffs of their shares by a campaign of vexatious civil, criminal and regulatory action based on false or sham evidence - court satisfied that the categories as sought were relevant and necessary but were impermissibly wide and consequently reformulated the categories - discovery ordered.