The appellant appealed a Divisional Court decision upholding a Deputy Judge's order for pre-trial inspection of an iPhone in a products liability case.
The appellant alleged the iPhone overheated and caused severe burns to his arm.
The central issue was whether Deputy Judges of the Small Claims Court have jurisdiction to order pre-trial inspection of property.
The Court of Appeal affirmed that such jurisdiction exists under the Rules of the Small Claims Court where trial fairness and the interests of justice require it, and that the jurisdiction was properly exercised in this case.
