In <i>A1 v R1</i> a novel point appears to have arisen as to whether the High Court could grant <i>Norwich Pharmacal</i> relief in relation to the disclosure of documents and information concerning a bank account held not in Hong Kong but with the overseas branch of a Hong Kong bank. The Court of First Instance decided that it did have such power and, in doing so, reviewed the usual procedures for the grant of <i>Norwich Pharmacal</i> orders against a bank and the general principles that underpin <i>ex parte</i> applications.