15 Nov 2019
LEUNG CHI CHING CANDY v. YEUNG HON SING
- Citation
- [2019] HKDC 1428
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ5079/2015
The court found the six publications were defamatory and plainly referred to the plaintiff; defendant admitted publication but failed to prove justification or honest belief and acted with malice so qualified privilege and s.29A BMO did not apply; contemporaneous documents undermined defendant's factual basis; plaintiff awarded compensatory damages and a final injunction; costs and interest ordered nisi.