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Defamatory statement
  • 28 Nov 2022

    YAM WING CHIU v. WONG YEE LING AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    [2022] HKDC 1377
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCCJ1047/2022

    The pleadings established that the 1st and 2nd defendants published the impugned WhatsApp statements and that those statements were defamatory of the plaintiff; service was sufficient and no defence was filed, therefore under Order 19 r 7 the court, judging on the pleadings, entered judgment for the plaintiff, awarded damages and granted an injunction restraining further publication, refused to order compelled publication of the judgment summary, and awarded costs to the plaintiff with a certificate for counsel to be taxed if not agreed.