Practitioners dealing with international evidence-gathering requests in WA should note this decision addresses whether applications under ss 116-117 of the Evidence Act 1906 (WA) for letters of request from foreign courts must be heard ex parte, and the circumstances in which such orders will be refused. The dismissal reinforces that the court retains discretion to decline assistance even where a foreign court has issued a letter of request.
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