24 Mar 2025
李麗紅 對 吳燕芬
- Citation
- [2025] HKDC 478
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ1817/2019
Five of the six passages (paragraphs 1,3,4,5 and 6) carried natural meanings that were defamatory; paragraph 2 was not defamatory. Defendant failed to plead Lucas-Box meanings and did not provide required particulars for a justification or fair comment defence, so those defences failed. However the communication was made in the context of an internal investigation to the school board and its investigative committee, which constituted a qualified privileged occasion; defendant's primary purpose aligned with that occasion and there was insufficient evidence of malice or abuse of the occasion. C…