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  • 25 Feb 2011

    ORIENTAL PRESS GROUP LTD AND ANOTHER v. FEVAWORKS SOLUTIONS LTD

    Citation
    ORIENTAL PRESS GROUP LTD AND ANOTHER v. FEVAWORKS SOLUTIONS LTD
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA2140/2008

    The defendants were held to be subordinate distributors rather than primary publishers; as such they could rely on the innocent dissemination defence. The defence failed in respect of the March 2007 postings because the defendants were notified in December 2008 and unreasonably delayed removal until about August 2009, establishing negligence. The defendants successfully established the defence for the October 2008 and January 2009 postings because they were notified and removal was timely and not negligent. The March 2007 and October 2008 words were found to bear defamatory imputations descri…