The case provides a useful summary of the considerations relevant to applications to vary confidentiality orders over discovered documents, particularly where trade rivalry exists. Where the proceedings are largely concerned with legal issues on agreed facts and the party's legal representatives have not demonstrated a need for specific instructions from principals on the discovered documents, confidentiality restrictions will be maintained. The irreversible destruction of confidentiality once trade rivals inspect documents is a significant factor weighing against variation.
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