5 Jul 2002
ASIA TELEVISION LTD. v. ORIENTAL DAILY PUBLISHER LTD. AND OTHERS
- Citation
- ASIA TELEVISION LTD. v. ORIENTAL DAILY PUBLISHER LTD. AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA6124/2000
Paras 7(i)-(iv), paras 7(v)-(vi) and 8 (justification) and para 9 (fair comment) were struck out and the related issues withdrawn from the jury because there was no admissible evidence to support the pleas; the defendantsreliance on Mr Tsangs account amounted to hearsay/rumour which could not support justification and the court applied the repetition rule notwithstanding s.47, thus the pleas were unarguable and rightly removed from the jury.