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.