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ARTICLE · 12 MARCH 2019

e-Disclosure Order Versus Metaquotes The Evolution Of Norwich Pharmacal Order

The Supreme Court of Cyprus upheld on 14 November 2018 the 1st instance judgment ordering electronic disclosure against MetaQuotes Software...

CyprusLitigation, Mediation & Arbitration

"Thoughts do more. Words do much. Actions do much more"

The Supreme Court of Cyprus upheld on 14 November 2018 the 1st instance judgment ordering electronic disclosure against MetaQuotes Software, the well-known Forex trading platform developer, an e-disclosure order the first of its kind in Cyprus! Even the intrusiveness of the order proposed by our side the Supreme Court agreed with our submissions that intrusion can be significantly reduced by ordering that the necessary work should be carried out by an independent expert appointed.

The unanimous judgment affirms the Cyprus Court's power to order inspection of a database and to give access to a party's computer or database. As such the court may permit inspection and interrogation of the computer system by an independent expert to protect the interests of the disclosing party (MetaQuotes). That, of course, is what was sought here by our law firm in favour of the client. The court is entitled to order discovery

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