Meng – whose father is Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei – has been in a two-year battle against allegations of breaches of U.S. sanctions on Iran by the company.
She is accused of committing a crime on HSBC by misrepresenting false links between Huawei and its subsidiary Skycom, putting the bank at risk of breaching sanctions against Tehran while and continued to clear U.S. dollar transactions for Huawei.
Lawyers for Meng, 49, believe the details could show that the banking giant was aware of the links between Huawei and Skycom, which sold telecom equipment to Iran.
The evidence would help to show that the allegation was “obviously unreliable,” according to the lawyers.
In a decision released late Friday, Chief Justice Heather Holmes of the British Columbia Supreme Court ruled that the evidence sought by Meng’s defense “is properly relevant. within the scope of a test, the hearing is not extended. “
Holmes said it was not her responsibility to rule on credit matters in an extended hearing.
“The proposed evidence could do no more than offer a statement from that described” by the United States in their case against Meng, Holmes wrote.
“Those would make the hearing expand out of its proper range.”
Last week, Huawei confirmed that Meng was taking HSBC to court in Hong Kong to gain access to banking records that it says will help extend the battle.
In February, she lost a similar legal claim in London.
The Meng extradation battle in Vancouver has entered the final stage. Hearings begin Monday and are expected to end in mid-May, barring appeals.
Washington has accused Huawei of stealing American trade secrets and banned U.S. semiconductor chip makers from selling to it.
The case has sparked a major diplomatic movement between Canada and China.
Meng was arrested on a U.S. warrant at the time of the Vancouver stop in December 2018 and is being held house arrest at her Vancouver mansion.
Two Canadians – former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor – were detained in China days later in retaliation for Meng’s arrest. Since then the couple have had almost no connection to the outside world.