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ARTICLE · 22 FEBRUARY 2024

Cyprus Injunctions - The Norwich Pharmacal Order (Disclosure Order)

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Norwich Pharmacal order ("NPO"), has its roots in the known UK House of Lords case of Norwich Pharmacal Co ν. Commissioners of Customs and Excise [1974].

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Norwich Pharmacal order ("NPO"), has its roots in the known UK House of Lords case of Norwich Pharmacal Co ν. Commissioners of Customs and Excise [1974]. It requires a party to disclose certain documents or information to the applicant. NPOs are commonly used to identify the proper defendant to an action or to obtain information to plead a claim.

The General Test applicable to all orders:

The precedent set in the case of Odysseos v. Pieris Estates Ltd and Another (1982) 1 CLR 557 states that Section 32 of the Courts of Justice Law (14/60) confers power on the Court to grant an injunction "in all cases in which it appears to the Court just or convenient so to do". The following conditions must also be satisfied:-

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