Guernsey Judgment 41/2006 - President of the State of Equatorial Guinea et al v Systems Designs Ltd et al

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(i) Norwich Pharmacal disclosure order - appeal from the Court of Appeal to the Judicial Committee - interveners' grounds had been amended on the prompting of the Court of Appeal - not a legitimate exercise of appellate authority - principles governing grant of Norwich Pharmacal relief - decision of the Royal Court should not have been reversed - whether the Royal Court had jurisdiction to make its order on the ground that it could be regarded as enforcing the public law of a foreign state - this issue had not been addressed before the Royal Court or the Court of Appeal - appeal allowed and Royal Court Order reinstated with costs to the Appellants - however this order suspended pending similar question, in relation to English law, likely to come before the English Court of Appeal (Order in Council dated 8th March 2006) (ii) Respondent's petition, to set aside the costs order, dismissed (Order by the Lords of the Judicial Committee dated 13th July 2006) (See Judgments 53/2004 and 17/