Disclosure of documents

BNP Paribas v Deloitte & Touche [2003] EWHC 2874 (Comm); [2004] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 233

The claimant applied to the court under s43 of the Arbitration Act 1996 and CPR rule 34.4 to issue and serve a witness summons to a third party requiring a witness to attend the court on a date to be specified to produce listed documents. The categories of documents were wide and included ‘notes, memoranda, and/or other documents relating to the preparation of the statutory accounts …’.