Cyprus:
A Norwich Pharmacal Order Is Issued When The Applicant Satisfies The Court That The Information Requested Are Of Vital Importance For The Filing Of The Action Or For Pleading And Proving Its Case And Also That The Applicant Could Not Collect Same From Any Other Source.
24 April 2020
Soteris Pittas & Co LLC
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In the case NORDSTAR TOWER â€"V- RIVERSTRETCH
& OTHERS, the district Court of Nicosia held inter alia
â€"(adopting the English case NIKITIN & OTHERS
â€"V- RICHARDS BUTLER LLP & OTHER (2007) All ER
129) that an applicant to an application for the issue of discovery
orders of Norwich Pharmacal type, shall satisfy the court that the
requested information is of vital importance for the filing of his
action or the pleading and proving of same, and also that the
applicant cannot collect such information from another source.
In the above English case it has been held inter alia that the
relief of Norwich Pharmacal orders is not intended to enable a
victim of an unlawful conduct to fine tune a pleading or identify
every person of whatever standing who may have committed an
unlawful act.
Norwich Pharmacal does not give claimants general right to fish
for information that will do no more than potentially assist them
to identify a claim or a defendant.
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