The Court declined to set aside subpoenas directed at non-party former executives, holding that legitimate forensic purpose can be assessed without finalised pleadings and that no inflexible rule requires pleadings to be closed before subpoenas issue. However, inspection of produced documents was postponed until after the hearing and determination of a pending stay application, balancing the plaintiffs' need for expedition against the risk that the proceeding might be stayed in favour of parallel English proceedings.
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