22 Mar 2018
DR CHAN HIN KEUNG HENRY v. APPLE DAILY LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2018] HKDC 219
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ1474/2013
The court found that read with the whole story the 2nd article bore a range of reasonable meanings and the single meaning most tenable was that there were reasonable grounds to suspect a nefarious connection between Dr Chan and CKB168 (Chase level two). However, the defendants established Reynolds privilege because the subject was of public interest, the inclusion of the plaintiff's name was justifiable editorially, and the journalists acted as responsible reporters given the not 'glaringly obvious' nature of the defamatory meaning and the verification undertaken; accordingly the claim was di…