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FT M Jones Esq Crown Solicitor Legal Department HONG KONG
BU Awe 4 weeks C.G.E/18/9
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18 September 1981
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Dear Tom,
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THE MACLENNAN CASE: MR BLAKER's/LIBEL ACTION AGAINST 'PRIVATE EYE'
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1. Thank you for letter of 12 August. I now enclose a copy of a letter of 26 August from Bailey of the Treasury Solicitor's Office, with his views.
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2. As you see, Bailey questions whether an undertaking with regard to confidentiality would be feasible in this case. points out that we are here concerned with possible disclosure in Court, as a result of a subpoena duces tecum and not with
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inspection in the course of discovery which was the issue in (51 the case referred to by you. I should be grateful for any further views which you have on this.
See NKK 380/2
1982 (5)
3.
It would also be very helpful to have your comments on the points raised in the third paragraph of Bailey's letter on a possible privilege claim on the grounds of the class of the document concerned independent of the sensitivity of the document or its possible value to parties to the litigation. In particular, I should be grateful to have your views on the documents covered by categories (b) and (c) of paragraph 3 of my letter of 15 July. How far would Hong Kong considerations
uphold such a view?
4.
We should be glad to have your views fairly soon as we do not know when this case will come to trial.
Yours
Dich
R D Clift
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J B Bailey Esq
Treasury Solicitor
Hong Kong and General Department
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