8 Jun 2000
NEXT MAGAZINE PUBLISHING LIMITED AND OTHERS v. ORIENTAL DAILY PUBLISHER LIMITED
- Citation
- NEXT MAGAZINE PUBLISHING LIMITED AND OTHERS v. ORIENTAL DAILY PUBLISHER LIMITED
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FACV19/1999
The Court allowed the appeal, holding that the trial judge correctly identified the single natural and ordinary meaning of the publication (that the plaintiff quoted Mr Cheng out of context to attack him) thereby rejecting the 'falsely reported' meaning; the Court of Appeal erred in ordering a new trial because the issue was not left unresolved and the Diplock/Charleston principles govern judge-alone libel trials.