A subpoena seeking documents relating to legal fees incurred by a party, issued in support of a security for costs application to establish impecuniosity, will be set aside where the documents cannot establish impecuniosity without further information about the party's overall financial position that is outside the scope of the subpoena. Using a subpoena to obtain such further financial information by a side wind is an impermissible fishing expedition.
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