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SUPREME COURT RULES 1987 - REG 37B.03

Requirements for grant of search order

The Court may make a search order if satisfied:

        (a)     an applicant seeking the order has a strong prima facie case on an accrued cause of action; and

        (b)     the potential or actual loss or damage to the applicant will be serious if the search order is not made; and

        (c)     there is sufficient evidence in relation to a respondent that:

            (i)     the respondent possesses important evidentiary material; and

            (ii)     there is a real possibility the respondent might destroy the material or cause it to be unavailable for use in evidence in a proceeding or anticipated proceeding before the Court.



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