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Ahuja Investments Ltd v Victorygame Ltd & Ors, Robin Vos, sitting as a deputy judge of the Chancery Division, concluded that the documents were related to the main litigation and did not have to be disclosed.
The court heard that claimant Ahuja’s solicitors, Cardium Law Limited, had written a letter of claim in February last year to another law firm, Stradbrooks, under the pre-action protocol for professional negligence. A second document was sent last December as a response from Stradbrooks’ insurers.
Ahuja admitted to the court that the real purpose of the correspondence was to elicit information to be used in proceedings in respect of misrepresentations alleged against the defendants in the main litigation.