The defendant (plaintiff by counterclaim) brought a motion under Rule 30.06 of the Rules of Civil Procedure to compel the plaintiffs to produce documents related to the top five contracts by bid price for each year between 2006 and 2016.
These documents were sought to compare the bidding, accounting, and results of the "Porsche Agreement" with the "ordinary course of business" and "past practice" of the acquired company, which was central to the plaintiffs' fraud allegations concerning a share purchase agreement.
The court granted the motion for the production of the remaining categories of documents, finding them relevant and proportionate to the issues of "ordinary course" and "past practice."
