3 Aug 2015
THE INCORPORATED OWNERS OF TUNG LO COURT v. TSUI WAI YIP
- Citation
- THE INCORPORATED OWNERS OF TUNG LO COURT v. TSUI WAI YIP
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV27/2015
The IO has locus at common law to sue for defamation; only document D3 sufficiently referred to the IO; D3 went beyond a reasonable, proportionate response and was not protected by qualified privilege because it was retaliatory and made with malice; damages for the actionable publication (D3) are assessed at HK$200,000; the trial costs order was set aside and no order as to costs for the trial was made; defendant awarded costs of the appeal.