- 15 A A principles in PCCW-HKT Telephone Ltd v Aitken, HCA 1089/2008 (at B C §§51-53). The learned Recorder in Sim Kon Fah made clear (at §§53-56) that in applying the principles in HKT Telephone Ltd in any particular case, B C one needs to apply a degree of common sense. D D 50. E F It will be too vague and general for the plaintiff to seek to restrain the defendants from disclosing or using documents which are “private or confidential to the plaintiff” without any further specifications E F or particulars of the documents in question. But the learned Recorder in G H Sim Kon Fah found that the particulars of the documents stored in the laptop computer in that case as set out by the plaintiff sufficed for the G H purpose of identifying the documents in respect of which relief was sought. I I 51. In the present case, I saw no real vagueness in the ambit of the J J information and materials in respect of which the injunction was sought. K As slightly refined during the hearing, they were identified as those K provided by and obtained from the Chor family in relation to and during the L L series of interviews conducted by Solabarrieta with Chor and his family M N during a specified period. As far as the mandatory part of the injunction is concerned, the Video and the photograph and caption in the Article are M N precisely identified. Solabarrieta never actually expressed difficulty in O P identifying the information and materials subject to the order. Any suggestion to further dissect the information and materials especially those O P now forming integral parts of the Video, in my view, would lack the Q necessary degree of common sense. Q R BALANCING CONVENIENCE AND RISK OF INJUSTICE R S T 52. Much of the factual dispute between the parties needs to be argued and resolved. The balance of convenience and risk of injustice S T U U V V

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