16 Feb 2023
YIP WAI TAK VIVIAN v. LEE KA WO ESMOND AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2023] HKDC 174
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ4923/2019
The email did not bear the specific defamatory meanings pleaded by the plaintiff and, insofar as statements matched complaints, were partly true; alternatively, publication to the association and its relevant officers was an occasion of qualified privilege and defendants honestly believed a genuine complaint had been made and lacked the requisite malice to defeat the privilege; breach of confidence and misuse of private information claims failed because the material lacked the necessary quality of confidence and was not private; accordingly plaintiff's claims against defendants 1 and 2 are di…